The 10K had an unusual late start of 8:30 and it was already hot. For the first 3.5 miles of the run we were running neighborhood streets in the direct sun. It was HOT!! Thankfully, there were several houses that had their sprinklers on facing the road and some were even holding hoses and just spraying you if you wanted it!! I am not sure I would have survived without being cooled off by that water! The remainder of the race was on a trail in the woods, which thankfully was shaded, however, I had never trained running trail, so I was more cautious in my running. At one point when I was running and really hoping I would come across another house to hose me off, I had another "slap in the face" moment. Here I am, wanting someone to spray me with a hose of cold clean water... and there are people living on this earth - the same earth - that we are living on and they do not even have cold clean water to drink!!!! If you are familiar with Two Word Story, this came to my mind - Water? Water!
To those of you that have made a donation to Team World Vision in support of me - THANK YOU!! Your support means so much to me and helps me to keep going! If you have not yet made a donation, I ask that you would please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help build water wells in Zambia, Africa!! It would mean so much to me! Here is the link where you can donate online http://support.worldvision.org/goto/heathergerwing
