9 miles.

What a weekend so far....and it is not over with!!

I will tell you want....if you ever want to be a part of an amazing experience do one of these walks. You do things you never thought you would ever do....weekend after weekend.

Yesterday morning we hosted a jewelry party at the Iron Butterfly and it went awesome. We sold over $2500.00 in jewelry!!!! We will get about 30% of that and another 30% will be used to purchase jewelry for the women of going through breast cancer treatments at Pluta Cancer Center. Just amazing once again.....THANK YOU!!!

After the party it was back to training....Our training schedule is pretty tough. Walk 3-5 miles 2 days a week, do 35-45 minutes of cross training 1 day, have one LONG walk on Saturday, and have another semi long walk on Sunday. The long walks mirror the walk weekend where we will be doing 26.2 miles on Saturday and 13.1 miles on Sunday.

We are at the beginning of our training so are building up the miles on the weekend walks, and yesterday was a 9 mile walk. All of us decided we were SICK of the treadmills so we where heading outside. We did. We walked in different groups throughout the Rochester Area based on our schedule. Our group, Shannon, Janelle and I did a 9.3 mile walk yesterday afternoon in just over 2.5 hours. Not too bad huh?

Outside gave us another kick in the ass that we had not been getting on the treadmills that is for sure. We still had a great time, and honestly, I feel fine today!

This morning many members of Christy's Crew are participating in the Gilda's Walk for Wellness. Gilda's Club was created in honor of Gilda Radner and they offer all different types of support for cancer patients and their families in their time of need. The walk is a family event complete with kids activities so we are heading out this morning so they can learn the value of volunteering and participating in events like this.

Then it is back to the gym for our weekly training and a meeting. After training, my good friend Rekha is coming in to talk to everyone about her walking experience last year at the DC walk. I am really excited for her to share her story....then back home....for the first time all weekend it seems! :)