Final Training Walk 11/14/09

It was really bittersweet to go on the last training walk of the season...exciting that the 3 day is so close, sad knowing that I won't see these folks regularly until next summer. The theme of the walk was "Why We Walk" ... we wore our team shirts or just fun costumes and you'd better believe ... Pink abounded!

Team Mardi Bras


LOVE those pink wigs!


Hitting the road, showing our pink


LOVE the pink glasses, Mike!


Walking with Vevaless


Waiting for the rest of the group before hitting Mission Trails together


Ready to roll


Posing on the rocks

Pink Pajama Walk!! 11/8/2009

It was so good to finally walk with the Boob Crew...after weeks of fighting an upper respiratory infection, I haven't been able to train but there was no way I was missing Bekki's Pink Pajama Party Walk. The outfits did NOT disappoint! I love this group of walkers, they make training so much fun! Check out some of our get ups!

Our men in pink! They all made it clear that they were dressed in pink for 3 day training LOL!


Rosie and Tim...pretending that he has a night shirt on!


Mother and daughter cuteness!


The boob crew!

5K Pics!

Oops, I forgot to post pics from the 5K! We had an amazing time--hope you'll join us next year!

Goofing off before the race!

Laura staying a brunette...

I am the Cure! Hey you stole my color! :0)

Laura is the cure!

Meeting the Geico Gecko

The Survivors, our honored VIPs!


Releasing of the doves...remembering those we've lost

Laura and Amy

Laura and I

Glamour Nails!

A Sea of Pink...as far as you could see, there were walkers ahead of us...and behind!

Slower traffic keep right! Okay, we were way too excited about getting to walk on the 163! Granted it was obviously closed to cars but still...we thought it was cool.

Trying to keep under the speed limit!

Finished! The Sisterhood of the Decorating TShirts!

The Power of Pink

The local Torrid clothing store invited me to come out and advertise for the 3 Day during their "Power of Pink" drive in October. The funds they raised went towards the Breast Cancer Foundation. I got attention at the store...but only because people thought I was an associate! The manager offered me a job at the end of the afternoon.

I found a "Save the TaTa's" shirt and my pj's for Boob Camp Bekki's Pajama Party walk...check them out!

Sisterhood of the Decorating T-Shirts!

The goal with team t-shirts was to have them to walk in the Race for the Cure 5K on 11/1. Our T-Shirt guy moved his shop last month and his new place wasn't wired correctly so he had to fly some repairman from Atlanta to rewire his dryer. Needless to say, he got behind on his orders so the shirts weren't ready for this weekend. We'd wanted to decorate/personalize our shirts anyway. I bought some green shirts from Michaels and we all contributed crafty materials. Sadly, the bedazzler hid itself but we still had many fine decorations to work with. Laura, Mylinh, Amy and I got together last night and had some fun making some pretty amazing shirts!









Since this is the second time this year that Laura, Mylinh and I have gotten together to make shirts for an athletic event, her husband has nicknamed us the "Sisterhood of the Decorating T-Shirts." I love it! And I can't wait to wear them tomorrow. I'm so excited for the 5K. We have to get up at the crack of dawn early--at least tomorrow is when our clocks fall back an hour so we'll get a little more sleep. I'll post pics of the 5k tomorrow!

Whew! What a crazy couple of months!

I can't believe how long it's been since I've blogged. It's almost overwhelming! Training got pretty intense in August and September, and I was pretty much sick the entire month of October (not exaggerating). I'm worried about the impact of taking a whole month off of training so close to the event. But I'll do what I can and enjoy the walk no matter how much of it I walk versus riding the sweeper van! Quite happily, I've raised all the money and have even started my 2010 account. Kim raised the minimum, too, and is generously putting her excess donations into my 2010 fund!

The walk is less than three weeks away! I will try to post some photos from the time I wasn't able to blog but I will at least stay up to date from this point on. Tomorrow's the Race for the Cure 5K and I cannot wait to experience that. You should see our Team Jil shirts!

The Agony of De' Feet!

Everything is not the same as it was in training last year. My body is just responding differently and my feet are kind of freaking out. I'm walking faster than I did last year, walking in the heat much more than I did last year, and my feet are swelling much sooner than they did last year. I'm trying to stay patient and figure out what will work this year. So far, it seems to be nightly ice baths and sleeping in compression socks that keep my feet from being the stay-puff marshmallow feet! Yep, I'm sporting some sexy compression socks this year. Check them out!



I am still getting the same blisters this year. Go figure.