Little. Yellow. Different.

LIVESTRONG Challenge Philly - Huge Success

On Saturday August 21st and Sunday August 22nd, Team Little. Yellow. Different. Members took to the streets around Montgomery County Community College - on foot and on two wheels - to make a difference.  The LIVESTRONG Challenge Philly event is one of the signature fundraising events for LIVESTRONG (The Lance Armstrong Foundation).  As a team, we raised a total of $5,735 and recruited a total of 15 members.  As our innaugeral year as a team, we are very proud of these numbers.

Sadly, we had two members that were not able to participate.  Teammate Jill was sidelined by a stress fracture - yet she still showed to cheer on the other runners and participants (not just LYD Teammates) on Saturday.  Teammate Ryan was unable to participate in his ride event due to an injury involving his crank shaft.  A few stitches later, he was able to make it out to support the cause, but was unable to participate this year.

Despite all odds, Teammate Amandah was able to make it out for her 10k run on Saturday.  It seemed like everything was stacked against her.  Her car broke down on her way to pick up her packet on Friday evening, and she nearly got stuck again on Saturday on her way to the event.  Thanks to the wonderful LIVESTRONG folk, we were able to grab her packet for her, and Amandah arrived just in time for the starting gun.

Teammate Frank was marching to a beat of a different drummer on his 10k.  Not fully confident that he’d complete the 10k, he had us all worried at the finish line as the hour passed - especially wife and fellow teammate Colleen.  But the joke was on all of us when Frank crossed the finish line and he started sharing photos he took with his phone of the beautiful houses that he saw along the way.  Well, that’s one way to keep your mind off the leg pains. 

But the crescendo of the weekend was on Sunday, August 22nd when teammates Steve and Eric took to the road on their 70 mile journey.  It took them nearly 8 hours of peddling to complete, thanks to the pouring rain, thunderstorms, trecherous conditions and geology that somehow made every hill uphill both out and in…we’ll give them credit for the feat.

We’re proud of everyone that came out and participated this year.  We’ll be back next year, so stay tuned for details near the end of the year.