JULY 16-17 - Rockin' and Rollin' and Suckin' Dust
- Runner: Lansing Brewer
- Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- Currently Resides: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Language(s): English
- Family:
- Statement: "We live on a fragile planet. We each have a responsibility to do our part in caring for it.” – Lansing Brewer, 2007
You had to be there to believe it!
I mean this road was so bad it makes moon craters look smooth. It must have been the worst case of road acne I have ever experienced. It was an atonal symphony for Taeko, Laura and Mary. Me, I was afforded the luxury of running the last 10 mile leg on pavement and hey, the old man, at 60 years of age ran under 60 minutes!
But, back to the dusty, potholed road. While waiting my turn to run, riding in the van felt like I was a piece of hard candy that had been dropped into the bell of a sousaphone to bump, roll from side to side, upside down through all that tuba tubing.
Well, after the dust settled the Green Team came though unscaved, just a little wiser, dirtier, but, more appreciative for the easier things in life, the "little things that mean a lot" like sitting without disturbances in a green meadow or lakeside park bench.
We do take these little things for granted at times. Access to safe drinking water is something many of us take for granted. Not me, ever again. I know why we run. As I have mentioned in prior blogs, I hope you will take time to give thanks for your day, your safe water, your one day without the bumps and bruises. A day where you ingest clean air and give thanks.
When potholes and dust come your way, do like we runners are doing and just suck it up and press right through Or, go around.Trust me, there is a cleaning on the other side.
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Peace and blessing to you and yours.
Lansing
OCTOBER 25 - I NEED TO GET A GRIP
I look forward to beginning my run in January. To get a grip again on experiencing nature in the good way by being a part of it.
OCTOBER 10 - BREWER'S HOPS ACROSS AMERICA, AGAIN
It is hard to believe it is October with temps in the low 90's, no rain in site in my neck of the woods, lakes drying up, etc, ad nauseum. No relief in site for drought in the South.
SEPTEMBER 26 - THE EXTRA MILE
People keep asking me why I am planning to continue running and the only answer I can come up with is continuous self-renewal, the challenge, the health benefits, the cause(s), the adventure, the fun,
SEPTEMBER 17 - FEET BACK ON THE GROUND? NOT QUITE....GEARING UP TO RUN..AGAIN!
Ok, call me whatever but it is not time for me to end the run. I mentioned earlier that even though we finished, for the time being, the run around the world, we actually are just beginning.
SEPTEMBER 3 - A LABOR OF LOVE
Labor Day came and went as we continued our Labor of Love as global messengers/ ambassadors, running to promote awareness about the lack of safe drinking water crisis affecting1.2 billion people world
SEPTEMBER 2 - A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL SUPPORT STAFF!
I can't say enough about the people who worked so hard behind the scenes to make the run happen, to keep us as safe as possible while on the run, to tend our aches and pains, and injuries.
August end-September 1st - THERE AND BACK AGAIN!
We are almost back to where we began on this Blue Planet Run. Three more runs and we arrive at 12 noon in the Big Apple! We all began together and we finish together.
AUGUST 26 - RUNNING TOWARD THE EAST
We are headed toward the East now with the finish line in sight a week from next Tuesday. Team Orange, e.i.
AUGUST 19-20 - ST. JOSEPH, LEWIS & CLARK
I had a wonderful visit to the St. Joseph Assisted Living Community early last evening in Missouri's capital ( checking you out to see if you know the name of the capital city ).
AUGUST 18 - WHAT A RECEPTION !
Oh what a beautiful mornin', oh what a beautiful day"..
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