Susan G. Komen Race for Cure

It was a breezy morning. NW, PA and I went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for Cure in Lubbock. This is my first time attending. It was quite a big event. I wasn't paying much attention when the MC annouced the statistics, but I think I heard something like 7000 participants in this event this year. I was five minutes late when I arrived at the rendezvous. PA was there already. NW arrived 20 minutes late, because she had to find a good spot to park her car and that, took her 20 minutes.

Before the race, we checked out the vendor area. A lot of local restaurants, eateries and supermarkets set up their stalls and providing food and drink for free. We had some donut, coffee and McDonald's apple slices (yes, you got it right, its McDonald's apple slices). Ford as usual (according to NW) was giving out the "Warrior in Pink" scarf and of course, we picked up our scarf. We then walked over to the Covenant Mobile Mamogram bus because NW was interested in checking it out. We found out that without health insurance, it will cost $81 for a mamogram and there will be another consultation fee for a doctor to read and interpret the mamogram. The RN did not tell us exactly how much is the consultation fee.

We decided two against one that we will go for a one mile stroll (note: not walk) instead of a 5K run. PA insisted that we should go for 5K, since she went to bed at 3 a.m. and woke up at 7 a.m., we should get our time worth. We joined the crowd and stroll through the one mile. As part of our ritual, some one has to ask "Are we there yet?". This time, NW had the honor to do the job. We finally got to the end of the one mile, we did it in approximately 20 minutes. What a record.

After we got back, we had our real breakfast: grilled sausage, lots of yogurt (Yoplait, where if you mail the pink cover in, Yoplait will contribute 10c each to Komen foundation), more McDonald's apple slices, Keva juice, more sausages, ice-cream. On our way out, NW and I picked up a number of water bottles. It was a fruitful morning, though we didn't really exercise, we didn't sweat and we ate a lot for a breakfast, but it was still very enjoyable, especially when you are having funs with your good friends .

We didn't take any pictures this morning, since none of us actually thought of bringing our camera. However, I do have some pictures from the Race for Cure to share. This is also the reason why this post is a few days late. Here you go:

Fluffy for the Cure. She is wearing the Warrior in Pink scarf in these pictures. Fluffy supports the breast cancer movement as well. I am so proud of her!!

FYI: Susan G. Komen for the Cure is "the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures."