Run on by

I had just started a morning jog through Riverside Park when I noticed an enormous group of people walking toward me. They were cheerful, wrapped in fleeces and scarves, and holding signs. I groaned: it was the Walk With Us to Cure Lupus Walkathon, and I was running in the other direction.

As I passed the hundreds of people who had donated their time and money this Saturday morning to help find a cure for Lupus, I smiled sheepishly. I quickened my pace, but it's impossible to outrun a Walkathon.

"Hey," I imagined one guy from the Lupus Asian Network saying to fellow walkers. "Who's that girl with the blue hoodie who doesn't give a damn about Lupus?"