Superhero Dash 5K & 1 mile Walk and Roll

Looking for pictures from this year's Superhero Dash 5K & 1 mile Walk and Roll? Visit facebook.com/benandbeccalee to see and share images from this awesome Unlimited Play fundraising event!

give it all you've got

Yesterday, I got to watch as some friends put their training to the test and hit the water and pavement in a grueling triathlon in Wright City, Mo. In many ways, it was your ordinary intermediate triathlon: 1000 yard swim – 28 mile bike – 6 mile run. About 330 finishers. But out of the ordinary were yesterday's temps... Average June day high: about 85 degrees. Yesterday's high: 96 degrees with 85% humidity. Not exactly ideal race weather. Especially for your first-ever triathlon.

We, the spectators, sought shelter from the sun wherever we could: from the shade of a delivery truck to the shade of a portable outhouse. Nice, right? But yesterday wasn't about us. It was about them. The swimmers. The bikers. The runners. Giving it all they had without an ounce of shade. All in the name of overcoming one's self. Of desiring to achieve what seems, at times, impossible. Of health, of fitness, of accomplishment. More about yesterday's race: here. And results: here.

What difficult things are you working toward accomplishing?

race for the cure ... and a photo

This morning I hit the road with some friends of mine in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Downtown St. Louis. Last year, the STL became the largest RftC in the country, and we were all hoping that the weather, flooding, and high gas prices didn't deter even more participants from joining in. I was part of Kali's Big Dog Crew, a team formed by a friend, co-worker and breast-cancer survivor of nine years. I also raced in honor of my Aunt Kris, who underwent a bout with breast cancer last year. They're still tallying the numbers, but it looks to be another record-breaking year.