Photo courtesy of LifeWalk (LifeWalk)
LifeWalk organizers, consider this fair warning. I’m going to petition you to make a major change to the 5K run/walk next year.
Because quite frankly, this whole “run” or “walk” restriction isn’t very inclusive of flamboyantly nellie homosexuals like me.
Isn’t it time we include a 5K sashay category?
Participants could choose between subgroups of complex maneuvers like the hands-on-hips-oh no you din’t-head-Bob sashay. (Try that for 5 kilometers if you want a real cardio session.)
Or perhaps the Project Runway Catwalk sashay, which requires concentration and superior balance.
Or even the Miss America Swimsuit Competition sashay, which delivers an intense upper-body workout thanks to alternating princess waves to the cheering crowd.
Photo courtesy of LifeWalk (LifeWalk)
But I realize changes this monumental take time. So until my pleas are heard, I simply hope to be joined by many this Sunday because it’s not too late to register. Have less active plans? Simply make a donation.
A $25 donation pays for one HIV test, $50 covers a patient’s prescription co-pay, and $250 provides a week of safe housing for HIV-positive homeless individuals.
Just imagine the good LifeWalk does from the combined proceeds from the thousands of people who attend.
It’s one of the most fun events of the year and even though my body is screaming to do something else, I’ll lace up my pink Wendy Davis sneakers and walk like a man.
A man in a pink tutu, but still.
The 24th Annual Dallas AIDS LifeWalk – 5K Fun Run/Walk
Benefiting thousands impacted by HIV/AIDS in the Dallas community.
Sunday, October 5
Registration (11:00 am) Walk Begins (1:00 pm)
Robert E. Lee Park
3333 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Dallas
www.lifewalk.org
This story originally appeared in the Dallas edition of He Said Magazine.
Steven Lindsey is a Dallas editor, freelance writer and obsessed lover of the written word, especially when relaying stories of travel, food and cocktails. Currently he is contributing editor and head writer of the national and Dallas editions of He Said Magazine (formerly Gay List Daily).