Daniellas Run

We've run Daniella's Run twice before. We noticed that it was not held last spring and we missed it (I only get out to one or two 5Ks per year).

So we were thrilled when Daniella's Run suddenly popped up again in the form of a team entered in the Live Strong, Live Long run at Gulf Stream Park this past Saturday.

Highlights were that Hunter F came along (since his family was off doing the Disney Half Marathon) along with Kate and David.

The weather was perfect and it was very cool running the last mile around the horse racing track. On the flip side, the track was a little mushy and until we figured out that we  were supposed to  run on this strip of hard packed-dirt, it was a bit of a slop through the mud.  None of us were running for time so its all good.

As background, this run has some emotional significance to us.   Daniella Folleco was a girl who went to school with my kids. We know the family. She had cancer and died. She was, and her mom is, a delight despite this terrible bad luck. The run commemorates her and to me, reminds me how incredibly lucky wePublish Post are to be healthy and all together. Her Mom was there thanking people for showing up. Other parents from the school were there running fund-raising booths.    I often remember the simple ditty:

The world is so full of wonderful things,
I think we should be as happy as kings.
(I just googled this: it was written by Robert Louis Stevenson who also wrote Treasure Island and Kidnapped)