Seattle Subsonic

Runners Unite! (So As To Support the Vera Project)

September 22nd, 2009

One thing I like to do with my free time is run. Run and run and run and run. Like the WIND. Or, Forrest Gump (but without the stale, podunk platitudes). Preferably not from the cops. As you may have guessed, another of my big free time-eaters is supporting the local music scene. Sweet Jesus, I can now combine the two! That’s right, the Vera Project—Seattle’s all-ages beacon of hope—is hosting a real life jog-a-thon October 11th at Seward Park (did you guys have jog-a-thons in grade school??). Walkers, all you sloooooooooow walkers, can join in too. No speed discrimination here. Here’s a li’l description, courtesy of the website:

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Join the Vera Project and hundreds of runners, walkers and fans of music and art in Seward Park for a 5k run/walk to support youth access to music and the arts in Seattle. We’ll have live music, performers along the course, an awesome warm-up routine led by some of Seattle’s finest ‘80s-style dancers, great food and of course prizes for the biggest fundraisers. Register now to get in on the action!

Registration consists of whatever donation you want to make, along with the donations of anybody who wants to sponsor you (100 clams guarantees you a swell t-shirt). I’ll remind you that this is a fundraiser, so signing up for zero would be weird. You can also form a team, or join an existing team (provided you don’t smell or kill puppies or something). Me and the wife chose to join the Sonic Boom team, cuz that’s basically how we roll. Word has it that the Maldives will be performing after the race. Excellent.

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Registration and participant check-in	10/11/2009 8:30 am – 10:00 am
Run/Walk start time 10am!	10/11/2009 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Post-run/walk festivities	10/11/2009 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Supposin’ you might be keen on this, here’re a couple things to think about. You don’t have to actually run/walk to donate. You can sponsor ME (or some other loser) and I will run my little heart out for your generous support. Also, it’s not one of those annoying half-marathons or full marathons or whatever; it’s only 5 kilometers! Or 3.1 miles for you English folks! Your grandma could do that with her walker! (Seriously, she could.)

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Leave a comment if you’d like more information. And do it for the music, maaaaaaaaaaan.