Running for a cause

If you have lived in Bellingham, and surrounding areas, for a while I'm sure you have heard of all the amazing runs, walks, etc... that are available, but you may not know that many of them are to help local and nationwide non-profits to raise funds for their respective causes.

Seattle Half-Marathon 2008

I just want to spotlight these events for a little bit. If you know me then you know how much I love to run, be outdoors, do awesome things, and so on, and I've always been interested in advocacy work, hence the decision to only sign up for runs that benefit the community in some way. I've felt the need, since my return from Japan, to up the ante for myself and sign up for a few races that really helped me get back in shape for the rest of summer/fall, and so my first race of the summer will be the Dog Days of Summer 10k on the 28th of August. All benefits go to the Whatcom Humane Society, which also means all the adorable little aminals (yes I misspelled that on purpose) are receiving help as well! If you are interested in any of the races in B'ham, or the surrounding areas, you can check them out here! Also, please feel free to comment and let us know of any other races outside of the PNW!