Saturday morning I went to a "Get Started" meeting. Although the group there was pretty small (8 of us including me and the two people running it) it was pretty eye opening. The number of people affected by this walk is astounding. I am amazed at how many people go out to support the walkers even though they don't know any of them. How much just the act of walking these 60 miles gives hope to the women affected by the disease. I am no longer doing this for myself. I am doing this for all the women that have breast cancer now, the young girls who don't even realize that breast cancer could affect them, and, even though this research won't be able to change anything for her, Grandma, I can do it in her honor so that more women don't have to have to live though, what I am assuming is, absolute hell.
In other news training is going fairly well. Friday (day 3) was cross training so I did 30 minutes of Wii Fit activities. Although that seemed to work well enough, it didn't feel like I was working hard enough. I am not sure when I'll be able to afford it, but I want to join the gym and start going to yoga again. Yoga is such a workout but also makes me feel fantastic. An added benefit of joining the gym is that two of the nearby branches have indoor tracks so I could walk on not a treadmill even when it's gross outside.
Day 4 was really hard. I was tired, had a headache, the blister on my foot was hurting, and I had basically zero motivation to walk five miles. But I bullied myself into walking, and it was hard. I ended up having to slow down for the last mile or so, but I did it and that's what's important.
Day 5 was a breeze comparatively. I still didn't have much motivation, but I only had to walk 3 miles which was much easier to talk myself into.
Walking Total: 15 miles
Next Training Day: Tomorrow
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