After several months of training it was finally time to walk the L.A. Marathon with Erin, another one of the awesome employees of 8th Continent Soymilk. We piled in one of the shuttles at the Santa Monica pier and shipped off to the Dodger Stadium to the beginning line of the marathon.
The first mile was probably the longest mile I have ever walked-straight uphill. But Erin and I pushed on. Around mile 5 is when my feet started acting up, but I promised myself I would at least complete the half marathon.
It was amazing to see the community participation throughout the course. Residences came out and volunteered to distribute water and trail mix to give the runners and walkers that boost of energy they needed to continue on.
We made it to the 8th mile where there were samples of 8th Continent Soymilk that I promptly chugged in front of our mile marker with our new sun logo on it- (which looked awesome!)
At mile 10 I knew I couldn’t make it much longer and finally I reached the half marathon point. My feet wouldn’t let me continue so I had to bail. Erin from 8th Continent Soymilk continued on like a champion and completed the entire 26.2 mile route!
The marathon ended at the Santa Monica Pier where we had started our long day. 8th Continent Soymilk had a booth set up with crayons and postcards for all of the children to draw a sun that, if picked, might be featured on our new packaging! Also, the top voted 100 suns receive $1,000 in art supplies to a K-12 school of their choice! (Learn more here: http://bit.ly/drawasun)
I want to send out a congratulations to everyone who participated in the LA Marathon and especially to our very own Erin for completing it! Also, I would like to thank the volunteers, policepeople, and everyone who was cheering us on that inspired the participants to keep moving!
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