{"id":441,"date":"2009-10-21T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T19:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=441"},"modified":"2009-10-21T15:39:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T19:39:26","slug":"the-aids-walk-atlanta-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=441","title":{"rendered":"The AIDS Walk Atlanta 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tale of our day… October 18, 2009…<\/p>\n

We got off the MARTA around 12 or so… and had to walk probably close to a half-mile or maybe more to get to the walker check-in… so we were walking before the walk!<\/p>\n

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\"Check-n\"

Check-n<\/p><\/div>\n

We took a little time to look at some of the AIDS quilts that they had on display.\u00a0 It’s pretty sobering.<\/p>\n

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\"One

One of the quilts<\/p><\/div>\n

The walk didn’t actually start until 2PM but there were a set of opening ceremonies.\u00a0 They included speakers such as Mayor Shirley Franklin and some cabaret singers…<\/p>\n

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\"Before

Before the Opening Ceremonies<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

The Openning Ceremonies<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

The Starting Line<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally past the starting line.\u00a0 Getting ready to walk.\u00a0 There were 8000 registered walkers.\u00a0 That is a lot of people.\u00a0 We had no idea that it would be that many people.\u00a0 Very impressive.<\/p>\n

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\"The

The Mass of Walkers<\/p><\/div>\n

The walk took us from Piedmont Park (10th Street Side) though midtown on Peachtree to The Prado and back to the park (Piedmont side).\u00a0 It was a very easy walk because it was more of a stroll than a walk.\u00a0 They had plenty of checkpoints with water, vitamin water, and porable toilets for the participants.\u00a0 I am sure the runners didn’t need those \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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\"Walking

Walking through Midtown<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Nice

Nice house!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"House

House for sale!<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally getting close to the end now… we can see the park again…<\/p>\n

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\"Not

Not sure what to think of this guy!<\/p><\/div>\n

There is the finish line!\u00a0 Yay!<\/p>\n

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\"The

The Finish Line!<\/p><\/div>\n

And we finished.\u00a0 5k is not that long of a walk especially at the slow pace that we were going.\u00a0 It was not a walk-race, but just nice walk.\u00a0 During the walk, we stopped twice for refreshments and once for Dana’s “charlie horse.”\u00a0 She was fine to finish, just a bit of a pain ;).\u00a0 From start to finish, it was just over 90 minutes.\u00a0 Was a great and rewarding time.\u00a0 I would definitely do it again and hope to raise more money next time.<\/p>\n

We rested for a bit and then walked back to MARTA to go home, stopping off at Johnny’s Pizza to eat…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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