16 miles

So someone asked me to put a picture up after a day of training to see what I looked like... (apparently it is more realistic to see the training taking place)

This is today, but I'm not going to lie, this was only after 7 miles when I took a break to stretch & eat lunch (the luxury of doing a 20 mile all day walk, there are stops) :D



So, nothing really exciting happened during the walk today... other than the people at Harris Teeter give us really funny looks when we go in there to purchase water... oh and apparently I managed to sweat out salt today... which looked like I had been to the beach it was weird. So apparently after doing some research (and talking to Dr. Adam), I learned I need to keep drinking gatorade, even if I'm not a big fan.

I also keep getting the same few questions in e-mails and when people ask me about my training...

1. Where do I walk that far? ... I use the website mapmyrun that I saw one of my friends using and I am able to map out different routes so that I'm not circling the neighborhood (however the neighborhood has about 7 miles of sidewalk from one end to the other so it's not that hard to make up routes)

2. Am I losing any weight from walking so much? Yes and No... I am, but I don't think it's solely from walking. Even though I have the two long walks a week, it's only twice a week.... I am however now working with one of my friends who is an ex-body builder and he is helping me do the right things to keep everything I need in my body for the long walks and also lose weight at the same time... (Thank You Adam, you kick butt!) :) So far I'm down between 10-15... which I'm hoping will be around 30 by the walk :D

3. Are you running? Nope... I'm doing this walk completely, because I learned the hard way you aren't using the same muscles to train... and then after the walk, I want to start training for my first full marathon (with my mom!). :)

Cuts for the Cure

Yesterday we had a hair cutting/pedicure party for donations for the 3 day.

Kenny came over yesterday morning and made crepes for Lauren, Becky, Beth, Shea, and myself... yes ladies, he is single... grab him while you can :D

Becky made the yummy blueberry muffins and her husband made the cookies and even made a breast cancer cookie!! Becky is the winner for cutest husband! :)

Here are some pictures from yesterday...

Gym Change!

Update for this week!!

Monday: 6 miles
Tuesday: 10 miles (AND was not sore Wednesday!!) Huge accomplishment!
Wednesday: Circuit Training so I biked 10 miles + Rowed a few miles + stretched for a really long time to make sure nothing was sore for today!

Today: 14 miles!! This is the largest amount of walking (in one day) I have done yet for this 3 day :)

So updates outside of training: I switched gyms, which was probably good, the last time I was at my old gym a man broke into one of the cars right in front of the gym. To give you a better picture, the entire gym on one side is glass windows.. so literally the 20 people on cardio machines could watch this man break into the car.

Now I have switched back to the one I went to before this one. Mainly because it has a pool, and water aerobics (yes, I'm 80 years old, did I forget to tell you?) :)

Donations, Donations, Donations

I am 14 weeks away from leaving for Atlanta and 31% towards my goal!! :D yay!

To break it down, I still need to raise approx. $115 a week until time to leave! Please help me in this journey!!



There are multiple things we have going on for donations...

1. If you are in the Raleigh area, you can donate and ask to be placed into the drawing for the $75 gift card to Skin Sense! This is going on from now until the end of August. For every dollar that you donate, that many tickets with your name are placed into the drawing. The winner will be pulled on August 31st!

2. I have connections with a great hair stylist :) Who is providing her services free through October 1st, with a donation! She is offering, hair cuts (for guys and girls) as well as highlights, and pedicures! E-mail me if you are interested: scallen1485@gmail.com

3. I will be wearing t-shirts throughout the three day walk. With a $10 donation or more, you can have your own name or someone who you are donating in honor of "put on one of the shirts" to be worn in the walk. If you are interested in doing this, again please e-mail me. :)

4. Lastly, if you are interested in donating to the yard sale, please contact me asap, it will be held on August 8th, so I am collecting everything before August 1st.


Training Schedule for the week as you follow me on this journey!

Monday: 6 miles
Tuesday: 10 miles
Wednesday: CT
Thursday: 14 miles
Friday: off
Saturday: 10 miles
Sunday: off

The Month of Changes

While I have not been posting, I have been training... I will start posting my weekly training charts this week, now that the milage is starting to become collective... I am working up to 60 miles a week, then working up to pushing those 60 miles to 3 days together... I am averaging around 6 miles a day right now, which puts me at a pretty good target to do this, I am upping it by 1 mile a day per week so (for those of you who do not have a calculator in front of you) in 2.5 weeks i'll be at 60 miles a week.

Saturday: 6 miles (for those of you who are wrinkling your eyebrows because you know I did more... I am not counting the milage that is done on the elliptical)
Sunday: 7 miles
Monday: 6.5 miles + water aerobics (anyone else who is training this is the best exercise in the world to stretch your muscles and make you not sore the next morning!) Plus it makes me feel young... i'm at least 30+ years younger than the next oldest person in the pool :D

Updates on fundraising:

The garage sale was a success! My friend Shea assisted me all morning (Thank You!) and with signs that we had made explaining the 3 Day Walk (TY Shea, Lauren, & Becky) Customers also were very happy to donate to the walk as well! :)

I will be having another one in August (August 8th is looking very good) in the Burlington area, however, if anyone has anything they would like to donate, from Raleigh (or Burlington) please contact me! Anything and everything is greatly appreciated!!

Shea (being the organized person that she is) made a list of things that went the quickest...

Jewelry
Clothes
Shoes
Books
DVDs
Games

And baby items were the high sellers! (Thank you Kenny!)

And of course the yard sale couldn't have been complete without a funny story...

A lady came in and wanted to purchase a clock. She picked up the clock, mentioned she liked it and laid it back down to look for more items. A man walked up (with a cane) and went straight to the clock. He brought it over to purchase it and we informed him we thought the other lady was about to purchase it. The man turns around and starts nudging this woman in the side with his cane until she looks at him, in which then he asks her if she is buying the clock. Very defensively she says, "YES!" And he tried to inform her that because she was not holding the clock technically it wasn't considered hers to buy. This went back and forth, and eventually the lady won.... but it was very entertaining for us. :)


Another fundraising event that has been done in the past month was a "Breast Cancer Party"... I hosted a party at my house and charged $5 a head to "get in" This was a huge success, I earned over $100 dollars (and thank you to those who I know put in more than $5 to the fund-- I really don't know which ones you were, but I really appreciate it!)

Here are some pictures from the party... (including an amazing cake Adam made!)















That's all for now, I will be posting later (in August) with another give away (worth $75) for the month of August... so please be on the lookout for that!!

And again if you have anything you would like to donate to the August yard sale please contact me! :)


Please donate whenever you can, every dollar is one dollar closer to the finish line!!! :)