Got up around 5:00 a.m. this past Saturday after less than 5 hrs. sleep (I just can't turn in early and fall asleep, unless I've been sleep-deprived for a few days prior), in prep for the Komen 5K on the D.C. Mall.  

This is the first global race for the cure, and I was glad to have participated. Wow. Around 50,000 runners and walkers!

We were blessed with good weather after so much rain in preceding days, and the cloud coverage helped keep the temps. bearable.

Six of us met up at our house and drove to the nearby Metro subway station to meet our seventh. 
Good thing we were near the end of the "orange" line, because it quickly became standing-room only, by 6:30 a.m.

Blondie's hubby, Jim, took some photos of the event and our group and assembled them in this excellent slideshow presentation.

BTW, Candy Coburn was there and sang "Pink Warrior". First time I'd heard it. Great song.

Here are some pics I took, as well. Unfort.,  with my cellphone. 

Looking towards the left when heading to the start line:




Taking a constitutional on Constitution. Pausing to take a pic of the distant White House:




Random shot of the crowd, with the Capitol just visible in the distance. Interesting, how the jumbotron doesn't "convey" in some photos.





Near the start line for walkers:



Gotta say, this one of the Washington Monument has me LOLing. I must have moved slightly.  It wasn't easy to get out of the way of the crowd during the walk and stand still a few seconds in order to take a photo.
I have to explanation for this, but all kinds of crass commentary come to mind! 




And here's our group.  Pic is from Renae, who is in Jim's slideshow.

Love you guys!