I've lost track of what day it is!

Okay, so it's been a long time since i've posted (as I was reminded by my mom last night - thanks Mom!). Life has been busy but don't worry Mom, I've still been walking!

After walking 8 miles on Saturday and another 3 on Sunday, I started to have some serious foot pain. And i'm known to self-diagnose on the internet, so I became convinced that I had a stress fracture. After talking with our Dr. friend, i'm more convinced that it might be tendonitis. So i'm taking it easy this week to see how it feels. Hopefully it is not something that will keep me off my feet for long.

Training Day 6

I just returned from my first long walk - 8 miles! It went really well, and I actually felt like I could keep walking more! I will be heading back out tomorrow for another 8-mile walk. I am planning on looking at new walking shoes tomorrow too, the current running shoes are not really the right pair for my training. Especially since I will be logging over 600 miles in the next 17 weeks.

Training Day 4

Today was an exciting day as online donations began to appear. I want to again thank those special people who were so generous in contributing!
I will be walking 4 miles tonight (after a happy hour - yikes!) and am hoping that the beautiful weather in Minneapolis lasts until this evening.
I am really excited that there are at least three of us from my work that have committed to the team - we are on our way to raise $25,000!

Training Day 3

Today is a rest day for training! I am about to send out my first "fundraising" email - I'm excited and nervous to hear my friend's and family's responses. Most people don't know that I'm doing the walk. It's hard for me to ask others for money, but I know it's the right thing to do!
I also am trying to brainstorm ideas for a fundraising event. I think that organizing a pub crawl for my friends would be a great way to generate money and also have a really fun time. More to come!

Training Day 2

This morning, I got out of bed at 5:20 am and walked 4 miles. I will now be on a schedule of short 4 mile walks on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and longer walks on Saturdays and Sundays. Other than a minor shoe problem causing blisters, the training is off to a great start! I'm excited to find purchase new walking shoes and a Camelpak for water - these are my essentials for training.

Training Day 1

Last week, I decided to make a commitment to walk the Breast Cancer 3 Day in the Twin Cities. My reasons are two-fold: First, I believe in the fight against breast cancer and was personally touched by this last year when my aunt was diagnosed. Second, I am excited to commit to something big - I've never done anything like this before and I seriously need the motivation to get in better shape.

Yesterday was my first day of training for the 3 Day. I started out nice and easy, walking about 4 miles. I have 18 weeks to train for the walk and will quickly be increasing my miles, according to the training schedule.

The walking seems like the easy part. I'm more anxious about the fundraising. But I work for a wonderful company, Griffin International Companies (http://www.griffinintl.com), that will make a commitment to helping with donations. We are trying to build a team of walkers and volunteers for the event. I'm really excited to see how many people will get involved and how much money we can raise!

I am planning on using this blog as a way to track my training and my fundraising progress. This is my first blog experience, so we'll see how it goes!