Day 18: Prague

June 18: Day 18 — Prague
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Prague is known as the City of 100 Towers — and also as the home town of Blue Planet runner David Christof. The City of Prague welcomed the Blue Planet Run and its hometown hero with open arms. Media anticipation for David was so great that fellow runner Mary Chervenak joked that she expected to see billboards of him as she entered the city! The Run and the media interviews started early for David. Czech Television arrived in downtown Prague at 3:00 a.m. to capture the city's most famous runner's acceptance of the baton and run through his hometown streets. A flurry of media interviews followed — from a reporter rendezvous in a café to a television interview with Blue Planet Run founder Jin Zidell in a hotel lobby. With David’s help, we were able to saturate the press with the Blue Planet Run message. We hope Czech citizens have become more aware of clean-water issues and will want to be part of the solution! The Run is now making its way through twisty, hilly roads headed toward Vienna. Everyone is exhausted but also elated. One of the goals of the Run is, obviously, to raise awareness of the important issue of safe drinking water for everyone, and today feels like we hit a home run in that respect.

David Christof passes under the Karluv Most Bridge entrance in Prague.