All my walking! Training for my 40 miles

Mon, Mar 31, 2008 @ 12:23 PM
New shoes!Ok... I finally broke down and admitted to Grant that he was right. I went to the mall (Lady Footlocker) and bought some new running shoes. *sidenote* The sales lady @ Lady Footlocker was SUPER helpful in chosing which shoes were right for the walk and my love of running. She even pointed out that Krystina looks just like her daddy... she was very excited to hear that. Ok, back to my rant. I was so excited to try them out yesterday, then half way through my walk my feet started to ache and burn. I was getting mad thinking that it was a direct result of the great new-fangled shoes that he convinced me to buy. I kept going, walked almost 4 miles and headed home. Once I got there I took my shoes off and rubbed my feet whining to Grant about the new shoes that HE MADE ME BUY and how my feet hurt and what a waste of money it was. Then, in his eloquent way, he reminded me that I wore 4 inch boots to the George Strait concert the night before (those were also brand new) so it was probably the sore feet from the boots and not the comfy new shoes. BOY I hate when that boy is right!I will be walking again tonight, for an hour before Italian food with my soon-to-be sister-in-law for her birthday. Grant is sick as well so it's going to be nice to be away and let him sleep.

Thu, Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:01 PM
Picking up the pace!I went walking yesterday (still need new shoes!) but for only 30 minutes... however, I did make 2 miles! That would be awesome if I could start averaging 4+ miles a day. I really want to make my parents proud, my family proud and everyone who donates to me.

Tue, Mar 25, 2008 @ 9:42 AM
Didn't make it but...So I didn't make it into the gym yesterday. Grant and I spent a little bit of much needed time alone. He bought me a great book that I finished in 3 days, so it's time for the next one. I got my first donations yesterday! I can't tell you how good it felt to see my little ticker go up... to see people support me. I am so excited to do this walk, it's such a wonderful cause.

Mon, Mar 24, 2008 @ 1:23 PM
lazy weekend!Instead of using this weekend to train, walk for 2 hours... or anything including exercise I hung out with my family. I ate jelly beans ( a ton of them), I ate Robins Eggs (Malted milk balls)... but I did drink a bunch of water. Water is my exercise downfall because I hate drinking it... I need to get used to that too. Oh well... Today I will be in the gym walking... at least 60 minutes.

Fri, Mar 21, 2008 @ 9:55 AM
Feeling the burnI woke up this morning in some pain. My back, my hips and my knees all ache. It's weird, I am in pretty good shape but walking is much different than running or the eliptical. I do need new shoes though, I have been trying to be stubborn that my shoes are fine but I am realizing that couldnt be further from the truth. I also realize now that I could not just show up and walk 40 miles... I wouldn't be able to get out of bed on Monday. I am glad that I have this new 'project' to focus on. After everything else that has gone on the past 18 months I don't know if I could have gone too long without something to focus my excess energy on. When my Aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer I was a teenager and I thought that the diagnosis meant certain death. After watching her go through chemo and radiation, losing her hair and both of her breasts I was amazed at her high spirits... she beat cancer. There have been side effects for her but she is still her more than 10 years later. At the time she was a nurse, although she retired it wasn't until a few years ago and now she is a home care nurse. Seeing her strength and our family support through that time amazes me every day. I never want to see another person I know and love go through what she did but it is a blessing to know that it can be beat. I am hoping through this walk I can raise the awareness of this disease to people my age and younger, women that take our age for granted... thinking that we don't have to worry about breast cancer until we are our mothers ages. As I walk daily I think about these things, I think about my blessings, I think about how wonderful life is... and how precious.

Thu, Mar 20, 2008 @ 5:21 PM
Started training... 178 days to goI started training yesterday. In one hour I walked 3.25 miles... not too bad for my first day. Then at lunch today I went for 20 minutes and hit 1.16. I have been wanting to get back into a good firm shape and I think that this will help greatly, not to mention it's a great cause and a good bonding experience. I decided to walk this year for a few reasons, one I have always wanted to but never wanted to do it alone, two it's such a great cause. My Aunt had a radical mastectomy several years ago and I have seen all of her struggle since then... I never want to see another person I know or love suffer through that. I know that walking 40 miles is a small part but hopefully I can raise enough money to feel like I made a difference. I will let you know how I feel over the next few weeks, with the daily walking and stretching I should feel this shortly. Oh and I get new shoes... thats always cool to a girl.