Mt. Zion Mission 5K run/1K walk today

By Chuck Gait
Posted: November 15, 2008

A year ago, I had one of those “wake-up calls” that literally changed my life. As a result, I have been exercising regularly and am in much better shape than now then I was 10 years ago. Something that I do about five times a week is to spend 30 minutes on a treadmill going 4 MPH at a 10-percent incline. And, it’s boring. I’d much rather be outside walking but the problem with that is I get to daydreaming and slow down.

But, I digress. The point of the story is to exercise, to get the old ticker beating at 85 percent of its maximum rate. Then, when you feel up to it, try adding a little competition to change things up a little. The doctors will always tell you to start small and build up. How about a 5K run/1 mile walk? That’ll be a good tune-up and maybe whet your appetite for more. Highland resident Carol Hill sent me an e-mail inviting you all to one that a group from her church is sponsoring.

The Mt. Zion Mission Mississippi team is having a 5K run/1M walk on Saturday Nov. 15 at 9 a.m. at Meadowbrook Park in Ellicott City. The cost is pretty reasonable: $15 for a single entry gets you a T-shirt; $35 per family of 4 gets you 2 Tees. There will be other shirts available for purchase too. Prizes will be awarded plus there will be volunteers on hand, manning the hydration stations.

The proceeds will benefit the Mt. Zion UMC’s 2008 Volunteers in Mission Trip to Mississippi by “providing help and hope to the victims of Hurricane Katrina”. Carol is part of the mission trip. She wrote “this is such a great trip to help people rebuild their lives after Katrina when they think there is no hope. We give them just that ~ hope that their lives will be better because of what we can do for them.”

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