Team Inspire
It always begins with a thought. And then that thought grows a little more and becomes an idea. And then that idea, with some nurturing and attention, becomes a plan. And when a plan is carried out, it leads to success. Okay, sometimes the plan can fail, but not when it has a little angel helping to see it through.
Inspire Daily. That’s the name of our team. Some may call it a racing team, but others, who struggle to run faster than an 8:30 minute-mile, prefer to call it a race team. Either way you slice it, Inspire Daily helped to put cancer on the run last Sunday by raising over $3,000.00.
Sometime ago, Noelle put the plan into action by asking people to run either 6, 13.1, or 26.2 miles on May 2, 2010 to raise money for LLF. We met Sunday morning at Eisenhower Park at 7 AM. We pinned on our race bibs, fastened our sneakers, and proceeded to tear into the Party City bag that contained many fun gadgets and crafts: plastic whistles and face paint and glitter. Oh my. The more serious runners passed by, and while at first they wanted to judge us as we painted blue ribbons on our faces and wrote LLF up and down our arms and legs, they couldn’t help but smile for we were exuding such energy and such spirit.
We all ran that race with Louie in our hearts. I know those from our team who ran the half marathon on this particularly humid Sunday morning were grateful to have more than a finish line to run towards. After, we proudly took photos under the LLF banner and then went to the diner to celebrate our efforts. Yum. Chocolate milk. I personally cannot wait for the 5th annual Little Louie walk on July 11th. It’s such an honor to be a part of this great foundation.
