Sunday, Mr. Healthy, myself, + a bunch of the Rich labbers ran to support a wonderful cause: American Brain Tumor Association. The event was the 1st annual Eldon Blake Memorial walk/run. Pictured left is Katie, who lost her father to Brain Cancer and organized this event herself. Pictured right is Jeremy, Mr. Healthy’s PI.
While the event had a slightly disorganized start, including the “5K” to be 2.5 miles, the distance of the run did not seem to matter when we were in such a supportive, uplifting atmosphere. The race opened with a man speaking about his survival of brain cancer, who now quit his job as a lawyer and travels around the country as a motivational speaker. Very moving. He got to yell “ready, set, go” and then walked the event with his son.
Mr. Healthy’s lab was very supportive of each other, enjoyed learning more about Katie’s father, + enjoyed this event a lot.
Great job everyone!! I’m so glad I got to be a part of this amazing cause with this great group of people!
After the race, a few of us went to Yours Truly for brunch. I ended up being in the mood for lunch instead of breakfast so I ordered a Cobb Salad + added some cottage fries to it.
Wow – a great event for a GREAT cause
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Wow, what a great idea – I love the small, intimate, meaningful environment, too!
My most meaningful race will be the Vegas Half Marathon this year in December. I’m excited to be the coach for Team Challenge and help these people cross the finish line and raise money for a great cause!
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What a great race & cause!
I don’t have a meaningful race yet because… I haven’t had a race yet! but soon… soon I’ll be racing for a cure of something!!
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This is an awesome idea.. my Pap is currently fighting to beat brain cancer so this was great that you all did this!
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One thing I’d like to add is that another big reason we ran this race was to support those who support us.
A lot of work done in our lab (we work on gliomas) is made possible by funding from the ABTA which is raised from events just like this. These types of charitable fun runs take a lot of work to set up and we wanted to show our appreciation and support for those who have lost loved ones to brain cancer (like Kati).
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