Sunday Morning Runners

These runners, plus several others who were not able to be part of the picture, are helping bring clean water to the 4,000 people of Kalimani in Kenya.

My Sunday morning running group is made up of runners whose ages range from their 20s to 70s. There are runners who are training for their first marathon as well as veteran runners and triathletes, who have competed in marathons all over the world. These folks continue to inspire me with their experience, attitudes and support of local charitable causes. One runner in particular, Gerald Holbrook, at 76 years young, consistently runs 26 minute 5Ks and gets up early Sunday mornings to bake homemade bread for our post-run get togethers. These folks run through the rain, sleet, snow and sweltering Memphis summers. I appreciate all of their support of the Kalimani project and the huge difference it will make in the lives of the people there.

"It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest men. When you see 20 or 30 men line up for a distance race in some meet, don't pity them, don't feel sorry for them. Better envy them instead.' - Brutus Hamilton