Medal "First"

     Looks like my first medal will be at the "Jingle Bell Half," in Atkinson, NH.  Thanks for thinking of me, Meaghan! 

     Unfortunately, I injured my foot on a sixteen mile walk and couldn't finish my training for the Portland Marathon. Bummer! Oh, and I just received my Walkabout magazine with a picture of runners crossing that gorgeous bridge in Portland, ON THE COVER!  Wahh... I need to take a lesson from Sheryl Yvette, a.k.a. Bitchcakes, and suck it up. It could be worse! Anyway, I now have a new goal and am healthy again.

     There are many walking events all over New England, so I shouldn't have any trouble finding something to participate in throughout the winter months. The racewalking technique will keep me as warm as running used to, not to mention adding speed to my workouts.  Also, a lot of running events have a "walkers" start time, which is nice.

     My ultimate goal, of course, is to walk the Boston Marathon with my daughter, Lisa.  The entry qualifications are pretty steep and I'll have to do at least two marathons with a decent time in order to participate. A good thing about me is, I can usually do anything I set my mind to. Yay, me!

~ Onward

The Highlight of my week.

Yesterday I walked for ALS,  the Walk of Hope for The Angel Fund. The day was bright and sunny and the atmosphere was very festive, with blue and yellow polka-dot balloons, raffles, food, water, lots of music and a pre-walk Zumba class. That was SO fun!

To begin with, Kenny and I put the bikes on the car, parked at our usual place at Lake Quannapowitt and  rode the mile and a half to the start. Great warm-up. As I suspected, my registration hadn't gone through, so I had to register all over again.  I picked up my shirt and bracelet and did the Zumba class.  Kenny spied the donut and coffee table, so he didn't care how long I was gone!

The releasing of doves, synced with "IZ's" version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," signaled the start of the walk and it couldn't have been more moving. I got all choked up.

After the walk, the volunteers served a lunch of pizza, hot dogs, mac & cheese, salad and water. It was a great event, for a good cause.  I'll do it again next year. I'm so happy to be collecting T-shirts again!

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