OMG!!! Only 94 Days Left

I just signed in to post this and noticed the little counter thingy says we only have 94 days left!!! WOW!
Angela and I participated in a 3 day led 10 mile training walk yesterday through the streets of Hudson and had a great time!! Our walk leader, Kevin, took some pics of all of us in front of the Pink Ribbon Guitar and the Cupcake Store....we were treated at the 5 mile mark with a free cupcake and coffee!! The best I've ever had! Sadly, The girls that run the shop lost their mother to breast cancer a few months ago and they sent us much heartfelt support and thanks for our efforts!

ROCKING WALKERS!




CUPCAKE TRAINING!



Below is the training schedule for this week!!

Countdown: 14 Weeks

Your Training Schedule for This Week:
Monday Rest
Tuesday 3 miles Easy walking
Wednesday 30 minutes Moderate cross-training
Thursday 5 miles Moderate walking
Friday 30 minutes Easy cross-training
Saturday 10 miles Easy walking
Sunday 6 miles Easy walking

TEAM MEETING:
Tomorrow, April 27th at 6pm Brio in Legacy Village

Team Meeting on Monday - 4/27

Brio at Legacy Village - 6 pm

See you then!

Important Dates and Deadlines:

One more thing! There are some important check in dates coming up! Mark your calendars to make sure you get started with the process!! VERY EXCITING! WE'RE GETTING CLOSER!!!

April 22 - Phase 1 of online check-in opens
June 1 - Phase 2 of online check-In opens
June 11 - Travel information available
July 1 - Last day to complete online check-in if you want to tent with your team
July 15 - Last day to complete online check-in if you want your credential mailed to you
July 23 - Last day to complete online check-in (pick up credential at Will Call)
July 30 - Crew Day

15 weeks!!

Hello everyone!
I am going to try to hit a few "key points" in this post!!

Training:
Here is the training schedule for this week! Angela and I signed up to do the 10 mile training walk in Hudson on the 25th. Lori is not available. Carol - do you want to come and join us?! You will have to go online to RSVP and there are only 8 slots left! Vertical Runner is doing a Nutrition Clinic from 8:30 till 9ish and then the 10 mile training walk starts after that!

Your Training Schedule for This Week:
Monday Rest
Tuesday 3 miles Easy walking
Wednesday 15 minutes Moderate cross-training
Thursday 5 miles Moderate walking
Friday 30 minutes Easy cross-training
Saturday 10 miles Easy walking
Sunday 6 miles Easy walking

May 23rd Raffle:
Carol is on vacation this week so I will talk to her when she gets back and see what details she has to add. In the meantime, I received the tickets last week and I think they really turned out nice! I also put out an invitation on Facebook and have gotten a few people that might attend! A friend of ours followed up that invitation by inviting all of her Facebook friends and Carol thinks that she will be able to get people as this is her "neck of the woods" so, hopefully, we will have a nice turnout! We need to talk about what to do about baskets, etc. Carol has come up with some really excellent ideas that she and her husband are looking into!!

June 30th Beef O'Bradys
Angela is working with the people at the restaurant to create flyers and get this event up and running! Details posted as they become available!

Team Meeting:
I really would like to have another team meeting when all of us are available so that we can go over some of these things! I know it's hard with everyone's crazy schedule but how are you all looking for one evening the week of April 27th? At this point, I am available any night after work!!

Hoping you are all enjoying this beautiful weather!!

What the heck happened to the last week! My apologies for not posting! Things have been just a bit crazy!!

Hoping you all had a very nice Easter Weekend!!

This past weekend marks 16 weeks until the BIG DAY!!!! This is the most important time to stick as closely as possible to the training schedule!! Here is the schedule for this week:

Your Training Schedule for This Week:
Monday Rest
Tuesday 3 miles Easy walking
Wednesday 15 minutes Moderate cross-training
Thursday 5 miles Moderate walking
Friday 30 minutes Easy cross-training
Saturday 8 miles Easy walking
Sunday 6 miles Easy walking


There are a few 3 Day training events on the horizon that Lori mentioned to me this morning....I would like to plan on the April 25th in Hudson and May 16th at Aurora Farms!! Is anyone else interested!! You need to go to your 3 Day webpage and RSVP. I think it will be nice to hook up with other walkers! There must be a lot more walkers from this area this year as there weren't any training walks in our area last year! Here is the information from the website:



Hudson 10 Mile Walk & Clinic
Hudson, OH 44236 04/25/2009 20 Slots Left

11 Mile Training Walk & Fundraising Talk
Solon, OH 44139 05/09/2009 Unlimited Slots Left

10-11 mile Aurora, OH Training Walk
Aurora, OH 44202 05/16/2009 Unlimited Slots Left

Again, you have to go to the website to RSVP for these!! You can click on the event name for more details!

The tickets for the event on May 23rd at Frankie's should be in any day! I think I may be able to sell a few. Carol is on a cruise this week (so jealous!) but will sell more when she gets home. We are still working on entertainment as my original plan did not pan out! I will post something on Facebook too and see if anyone is interested!!

Angela, you had asked about shoes....Brian went out and got me a pair of Reebok Running Shoes and my sister got me some lightweight Adidas socks for my birthday and, together, they are working out great! No blisters (except the tips of my toes!)

Brittany has been amazing in walking with me!! She walked 8 miles with me over the weekend!! Brian and Brandon "pooped out" before she did!! I am really proud of her!

June 20th!

I have put that day on my calendar! Sounds like they are really flexible! I am going to try to figure out how to post these as events on Facebook too! We may get some "traffic" that way!

Here is the training schedule for this week! I apologize for the delay in getting it posted! Looks like a bit of an easy week before they really "hit us" starting next week! Week 16 is when the suggest that you stick to the schedule as closely as possible!


Your Training Schedule for This Week:
Monday Rest
Tuesday 3 miles Easy walking
Wednesday 15 minutes Moderate cross-training
Thursday 5 miles Moderate walking
Friday 30 minutes Easy cross-training
Saturday 4 miles Easy walking
Sunday 3 miles Easy walking

Hope you all have a great week despite the wicked weather we are supposed to get! I think it will be "treadmill training" until the end of the week!

Beef O' Brady's Event

Mark your calendars ladies, June 20th is confirmed for the Beef O' Brady's event in Twinsburg.
I spoke with Kristen this afternoon and she is going to mock up a flyer and email it to me for review.

The only thing in question right now is the time. Typically on Saturdays, they like to have these events in the afternoon. Happy hour from 4 - 6 is the latest end time they have ever allowed. However, she is going to see if she can clear an all day event and allow our group to use the flyers from open to close (11 - 10 pm). We do not have to be present all day. We can choose a chunk of time in which we'll be present if we want to have raffles, etc. Seems pretty flexible.

Anyway, once we finish the flyer we just have to print, hand it out, post on our blog, etc. (The only thing they ask is that we not stand at the door and solicit guests. Guests have to come in with the flyer in hand.) At the end of the night, they will tally up the totals and write us a check for 20%.

Kristen suggests getting the flyer out 1 month in advance. I plan on asking my friends, relatives to save the date now.

Also, they do have an overhead PA system which we are allowed to use, we can stand at the hostess station and greet people as they come in, and they'll place a large table at the front of the room for anything we plan to raffle. They do not have a problem with us letting outside guests (ones without flyers) know about the raffles we may do.

Will share more details as they become available - for now, save June 20th!!!!

Thanks,
A~

Catch-Up

I'm sorry I've been out of touch. I hope you all received my email from yesterday.

So, my new treadmill came last Friday and it has been a wonderful thing for those required walks on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I walked 5 miles last night - no blister issues, just some slight inflammation in the knees which went away after I stretched and started to relax. This morning, I feel great. My old shoes seem to be working well but I would like to try and get a second pair - any news on a possible team fitting? The socks I bought along with Maria feel great on my feet but they are thick so I've been training with a second pair of Nike socks that I've had forever and they seem to be working just as well. I agree that walking outside vs. walking on the treadmill is completely different. I seem to have more symptoms of things - knees, hot feet, etc. when I walk on the treadmill. I'm hoping for warm, sunny weather this weekend so we can complete our 11 miles is it?

In response to the "hot spots" - this is what I would do - which doesn't really mean much but here it is anyway: I would put Campho-Phenique on it and let your feet get some air. Then when you're ready to walk, I would put one of those small circular Band-Aids just in that spot. My thinking was it would provide a barrier on the hot spot without impeding your toe with a big heavy Band-Aid. Thoughts?

Maria - I'd like to call Beef O'Brady's today and see which date in June they may have available. You mentioned a class reunion on one of those Saturday's...can you remind me which one? I think it may have been in our dinner meeting notes - I'll look back at that as well.

Hope everyone is well - have a great weekend!

Shoes and Socks!

I walked 6 miles last night on the treadmill in my new shoes that Brian got for me and the new socks that I ordered.....I have some pretty nasty blisters on the tops of my toes but am not sure if it's related to the socks or shoes or just the fact that I haven't walked that distance is a while! I think I am going to try to do another 6 (7 if feeling particularly ambitious!) tonight in both and see how it goes! I wonder, how does one go about addressing a "hot spot" on the top of a toe!!!! Anyone else having these issues?
Have a great day!