Danielle Sill is from a family that regularly ran 5ks on major holidays. However, she claims she didn’t love running until she started training for the Madison Half Marathon with Team World Vision last year.

After signing up to help coordinate her church’s Team World Vision and training with them, she started seeing ads on Facebook for the Madison Gospel 5k Foundation’s upcoming race. 

Founded in 2019, the Madison Gospel 5k Foundation focuses on the health and wellness of families of color because of the historical barriers to healthcare access. Their tagline is “creating healthier families one individual at a time through faith, fellowship, and fitness.” Danielle, who works in public health, jumped on board with the mission and kept watching to see if her family would be able to participate. When she saw that the DJ for the event was the father of her son’s friend from daycare, she signed up. 

The day of the race was hot, but what most struck Danielle was:

Danielle has found that races help her go deeper in her own faith. Being pushed outside hercomfort zone and needing to do something challenging often results in leaning on strength outside herself and relying on God.

Founder of the Madison Gospel 5k Foundation, Uchenna Jones ties it together beautifully:

When asked what she’s sensing the Holy Spirit may be up to through these faith & health-related organizations like the Madison Gospel 5k and the local Team World Vision, Danielle says, 

If you’d like to run with Team World Vision in this year’s Madison Marathon while raising money for clean drinking water globally, it’s not too late to start training. Email Danielle at danielle.n.sill@gmail.com.

To get involved with the local Madison Gospel 5k Foundation and their group walks and runs, visit their website AND save the date for the 6th Annual Madison Gospel 5K Run/Walk & Health Fair on Saturday, July 13, 2024.