NORSA co-founder Tom Saffell raced in the Bright Beginnings 5K on May 3rd at Hains Point in Washington, DC. Tom, who plays in a World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) kickball league called DC Thunder on Saturday afternoons, decided to support his league's charity, Bright Beginnings, by participating in a 5K race with 500 runners. Bright Beginnings is a charity that facilitates the support and aid of homeless families with children and is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Tom originally signed up for the 5K race thinking that many of his fellow kickballers would also join him in the race if he got the ball rolling. However, the online registration closed earlier than expected and no one was willing to commit to arriving at 7:00 a.m. at Hains Point to register on race day since there was the risk that all the available running spots would be taken. Arriving just in time to meet his packet pick-up deadline and getting to the start line with only a few minutes to spare, Tom ended up racing alone, but happily, on the beautiful May morning. He completed the run in 34 minutes and 28 seconds beating his self-proposed time of 12-minute miles for his first run of the 2008 season.
UPDATED! See the race results posted at the MCRRC results site. Tom finished exactly 250th out of 500 runners.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
NORSA Runs for Charity at Bright Beginnings 5K
2 comments:
thats cause for celebration: here is a video of that celebration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RyrkamJNro
Jeez, Daler Mehndi! Haven't heard from him in a while - one of the most misspelled and underrated bad dancers from Patna! Plus, you know he's talented because as a Sikh he has to re-tie a new turban for each wardrobe change in those music videos ... talk about time consuming.
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