The Numbers

• 3,600 dedicated walkers participated in the 2007 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Chicago.
• $8.3 Million raised by walkers and crew as of the Opening Ceremonies. More money...

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  Eight miles planned for today, four on each Tuesday and Thursday, and then it's here. In between it seems that I have a 39.3 mile-long The List of stuff to do.

   

  At yesterday's...

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  It rained all day long yesterday and scared the crap out of me - if it is to be this weather next weekend it's going to be really stinky! And my mesh shoes are going to be really squishy!

   

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  With only two weeks left until the Chicago Walk, today is our longest training day - 22 miles. After today are a series of shorters walks, designed I think to let muscles heal before June 2 and 3.

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  This morning we'll have our full complement of our walkers for our six miles. Joining Leanne and me is my next door neighbor Doreen and another mom from school, Dawn. Doreen is a runner who has not walked one step...

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  Yes, yes, we did the big 20 mile walk this morning! Yahoo for perserverence and Bengay for sore muscles! For the sake of brevity I shall just mention the muscles that are NOT sore ~

   

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  Walking in the early morning is dewy, and sometimes pretty chilly. Since we took our training out of doors, there have been times we've had to sport gloves and headbands when we start off.  By the...

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  Well, it's a picture-perfect day here today and it's been a long time coming! Slightly cool when I left the house today, iPod blasting (but only at the halfway mark, misshapavonwalk.mindsay.com.

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  Well I fell short of my 20 mile goal last Saturday by half. A little medical problem necessitated cutting our walk in half - so we "only" went 10 miles.

   

  The next day we managed 6 for a total...

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