Saturday, July 2, 2011

Got Goat goes to Atlanta

Sunday I will be traveling to Atlanta, GA for the Peachtree Road Race.  My dad will be running it on Monday morning (along with 59,999 other people).  He has a start time of 9:05 am, the very last one.  It's going to be HOT, so he is going to be wearing a Tech version of my "Got Goat" T-shirts.  You can see Walker and me holding it.

My mom, Walker and me will be wearing our regular "Got Goat" t-shifts in support of Team Goat.  It's a great opportunity to bring awareness to my cause.  We are hoping dad can meet his goal of running it in around 50 minutes, but more importantly we want him to finish safely.

I have really wanted to do a fun run, but trying to set one up is a lot of work.  Living on a military installation there are a lot of hoops to jump through.  You can't just pick a park and get people to show up.  So I have come up with plan B.  Everyone involved with my "Got Goat" project can create their own local team.  You can pick any type of race (5k, 10k, 1/2 Marathon, Marathon), or just create a challenge.  Find a track, and get people to sponsor you for every lap you complete (You could do the same thing on a bike).  Will you help me bring awareness to this cause?

Mom says she'll post pictures from our trip after we get back.

P.S. 11Alive will be covering the race, so be sure to check it out Monday morning.

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