I'm halfway there!!!

Congratulations! You have reached a huge milestone in your Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure™ journey: reaching half of the $2,300 fundraising minimum. You are so close to experiencing the event of a lifetime. You can do it! Your fundraising efforts are invaluable. The dollars raised by dedicated women and men like you are making immense developments in the breast cancer movement. Did you know that virtually every major advance in the fight against breast cancer has been touched by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®? That we've helped train more than 400 breast cancer researchers and funded more than 1,800 research projects over the past 27 years? That we've provided more money for breast cancer research and community health programs than any entity besides the U.S. government? Komen for the Cure's goal is to "energize science to find the cures.” We are proud of our contribution to some real victories: More early detection - nearly 75 percent of women over 40 years old now receive regular mammograms, the single most effective tool for detecting breast cancer early (in 1982, less than 30 percent received a clinical exam). More hope - the five-year survival rate for breast cancer, when caught early before it spreads beyond the breast, is now 98 percent (compared to 74 percent in 1982). More research - the federal government now devotes more than $900 million each year to breast cancer research, treatment and prevention (compared to $30 million in 1982). More survivors - America’s 2.5 million breast cancers survivors, the largest group of cancer survivors in the U.S., are a living testament to the power of society and science to save lives. Thank you for your help in eradicating breast cancer. We couldn’t do it without you and applaud your efforts this far. We know you can meet your goal so we can reach our goal of a world without breast cancer. Keep up the great work!

Just Walking In The Rain

I visited my very wonderful friends, Mike and Debbie in Seattle this past Memorial Day Weekend (Hey Guys!!) and while there, Debbie and I walked around Green Lake twice. (Once around is 2.8 miles.) And since we were in Seattle, of course it rained on the walk. I am conflicted about walking in the rain during training. One, I don't want to get sick and possibly derail further training and two, wet feet and socks are not good for keeping blisters away. I may have to find an indoor track that I can use (for free) but not the mall since I don't want the temptation (possibly not free). Lucky for me it typically does not rain much in Spokane (she says while typing this during a typhoon). Ideas??

Walk Safely Please

My knees are healing nicely. Aren't they pretty? My right knee (left in this pic) is the one that is the sorest, I didn't even realize I had bruises on the left until I put on shorts yesterday. LOL

Safety is a big thing for the 3 Day. On official training walks, it is just like the actual walk. No talking on cellphones, no earbuds and no dogs.

On my own personal walks, I do walk with my dog. Morgan is a Rat Terrier and loves to go for walks with me.

As you can see, she needs the walking. LOL She gets quite pudgy during the winter, this is a pic from Christmas.

After miles and miles of walking together... She crashed me last Sunday. Something (a snake?) startled her and she shot across/into me, wrapped the leash around my legs and I went down. Hard. My left arm was tweaked, twisted and sprained by the leash and you can see the damage to my knees.

So here comes my safety reminder... Always carry your cellphone. I had to limp home the last mile because I had forgot mine.

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3Day Clinic and 10 mile training walk

This past Saturday was my local 3 Day Super Clinic at New Balance. Afterwards Vanessa from the Coconut Strutters lead us on a 10 mile walk. I wore my new shoes for those 10 miles and I love them.

These shoes are made for my PF, it has a stablecore thingie to help support my foot. Because I had to buy specials shoes, I wasn't able to buy the official Susan G Komen pink shoes. I did buy pink laces for these though. *grin*

BLOOMSDAY 2010

Sunday was Bloomsday here in Spokane. That is a annual 12K road race.

This year it started pretty windy and chilly but once you got moving it was ok. Below are some of the sights I witnessed on the course.

uh-oh

Can you see all the people on the hill?

A picture of the Spokane River that you cross before the hill.

This is what awaits you at the top of Doomsday Hill . . . .

. . . it's the vulture!!!!

And of course the day could not be complete without the finisher T-shirt!!!!

Resting for a couple weeks

I have this. Plantar fascitis. I've been googling and talking to fellow walkers with it and more googling...

I will be doing the stretches, icing and resting my left foot for a week or so.

I jokingly told my DD it's her fault. I've had issues with my left foot ever since being pregnant with her. She had all her baby weight on my left side when I carried her and my left foot would often go numb. I could always tell afterwards if I was starting to put on too much weight, my left foot would start to be sore and go numb.

But this? Probably too many miles on last year's shoes. I wanted to wait until my clinic on May 15th to get new shoes, and I may have hurt my foot with worn out shoes.

Any other ideas on what I can do, please let me know.

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