This walk today was personal. Several years ago WKLH radio thru there morning team Dave & Carole started the Miracle Marathon. It was 60 hours of them on the air the days before Memorial Day Weekend, they simply were raising money for Milwaukee's Childrens Hospital. Had a nice little program that with a credit card they took $20.00 per month for a year. Thru job changes and downsizing we have done that now for a while.
They have used this explanation as to why you should give, simply think of it this way if you have a child who never in there lifetime has any reason to use Childrens consider yourself lucky. I am one of those people. But if you are not, or you have a grandchild, niece or nephew who need Childrens this is why you donate. To help them. And recently with Little Man E we have fallen into that second category, we have a loved one that needs Childrens all to often. Or even if you have an friend or acquaintance that has a child that needs Childrens, it is amazing how many of us either directly or indirectly have been effected by Childrens , even if you dont know it.
If what I have wrote to date cant inspire somebody to get off there tail and walk some to get rid of some of that excess weight all to many of us carry, then let me ask you to open the wallet and help the nearest Childrens Hospital to where you live, the loved one you may be helping maybe somebody that will have an effect on your life.
The day was picture perfect and great for a walk. We were going to do two walks so we parked nearer the second walks starting point (and it was free I parked at work), so we had some distance to walk to the starting line. As we approached we could hear Dave & Carole on the speaker system as the MC's of the event. The event is split into several different categories. An 8K wheelchair event, and 8K run and a 5 mile and 3 mile walk. We opted for the 3 mile walk since we had other plans after.
By the time the starters gun (actually an air horn) fired there was 16,000 participants. For those of you who know downtown Milwaukee that is about 5 blocks of people in both the East and West lanes. One item I thought was very cool was thre was a group a of Marines and Sailors running, two across in formation and the ovation the men and woman got as they weaved up to the starting line was quite loud.
Th walk itself was great MU Cheerleaders and Woman's Basketball team cheering you on as you passed the starting line. Several bands set up on the route playing as you went by, even the Milwaukee Festival Choir singing God Bless America. UWM Panther Cheerleaders were also visible as we rounded the last turn into the Summerfest grounds.
I think the one visual that will stay with me for years is when we first came down Wisconsin Avenue and could see the Sunburst statue on the left and the Calatrava with wings opening in front of us and about 8 solid blocks of runners and walkers (it spread out a little bit), the lake glittering in front of us, truly a wonderful thing to be apart of.
Once we made it to Summerfest we walked back to my car and headed to Grand Avenue Mall (are they ever empty three) to get a bite to eat. Between getting dehydrated and being on 500 calories per day said she couldn't go on to do our 10K. But that was ok since our 3 mile walk with going to and from the car was now over 10K itself. We called it a day and will head back downtown tomorrow to do that 10K
11211 steps today-ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE!!
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