5k for Julie

Today we ran 5k in solidarity with our friends and family running on Team 8:08 for Jules in the Race Against Suicide back in the US. We ran in memory of Jon's sister Julie and with the hope that more discussion and openness about suicide will result from events like these (well, not really our event because it was just us running in circles in our apartment, but the REAL Team 8:08 has raised over $2600!).

Today our thoughts were with Julie and while the running was actually quite a bit less physically difficult than we expected, it was more emotionally tough than we anticipated. Jon remembered that he never really got to run with Julie (becuase Jon doesn't usually run), but today he had flashbacks of riding his bike alongside her while she trained for cross country in high school.

We ran about 12 hours before everyone else running the US race due to the time difference (and because we are time travellers), so having already completed the race we are happy to report that everyone did great! Good luck anyway (not that you need it) to everyone running and walking today and know that we wish we could be with you guys and love you all so much.