It's TIME!!!

Well here we are only hours away from me getting up and getting on an airplane bound for San Diego. I think I have everything I need, well I hope I do because NOTHING else is fitting into this bag. :) I just hope I am not over the airport weight limit, because I am about 7 lbs over the Komen limit...oh well! If I can lift it the crew can lift it!

The time has finally come. 24 weeks of training and now we are here...I am very excited and can't wait to get there and see what this journey is all about. I know I am going to have a wonderful experience and I can't wait to see all the walkers, survivors, and support group. I know I couldn't have done this without my support. My aunt Cindy is the best! She has been with me every step of the way and here this last spring she was with me when I said I wanted to do this walk. We have trained for 24 weeks, raised over $2300 (each of us) and gone through many pairs of shoes. Now we are ready and guess what the weekend calls for...RAIN! UGH!!! I am not excited about this part of it but it will make it memorable that is for sure.

The girls are not excited about me going and could really careless about me bringing something home for them but you and I both know that if I don't they will be very upset. I did leave a stack of messages (1 for each day) to them and Tim. I know they will be just fine and I can't wait to hear all about the fun they have while I am gone. Rumor has it Tim is going to pitch a tent in the living room and they are going to have a campout. Can't wait to see pic's of this.

Okay well bags are packed, feet are conditioned with LOTS of calluses and my body is ready to go. I will post pic's and stories as I get back.

Thank you everyone for your support!
Love always,
Katie

Training & Halloween

Well today, thanks to my AMAZING husband, my aunt and I walked 16 miles. I couldn't go the full 18 because I didn't have time to get home and let Tim get to work. He hung out with all my kiddo's (3 of them) while Cindy and I walked. We started at 5 walked 6 miles then took about an hour break to get the kids ready for school and then we started back up at 8 and walked 10 more. It was FREEZING out! The temp was about 26* and when you combine the cold temp with a wet head...it isn't good! :) Tomorrow we are getting up and walking 8 more miles...only 1 training weekend left before San Diego. I can't wait! So far my feet are holding up and doing great!

HALLOWEEN

I have been bad lately and forgot to post pictures from Halloween. Haleigh and Hannah had a blast and our weather was PERFECT! They went around the neighborhood and got way too much candy. The weekend before Halloween our neighbors have a Halloween Pumpkin Carving party and so this is what the girls did to their pumpkins

Haleigh dressed up as Batgirl and Hannah was a witch...a bad witch! She was very excited about trick or treating and didn't take just 1 piece of candy. She grabbed a whole hand full! :)

Training

Okay so it has been a while since I have wrote anything about my training. Let's just say I have been VERY busy walking and working out. Much to my disappointment I have lost 0, nothing nada. UGH!

After taking 3 weeks of in Sept after my surgery, my first big walk was 17 & 13. I was so tired and sore after that weekend it wasn't even funny. I had so many blisters I could hardly walk for 2 days. My shoes were worn out for the second time and so it was time to order ANOTHER pair of shoes. UGH...this event is starting to get expensive. So after popping my blisters several times I was put on an antibiotic because the one toe was starting to get an infection around it. Dr. Deming gave me an antibiotic and off I was moving. After about 3 days of soaking in Epson salt and trying out my new shoes I walked 6 miles and a 1/2 marathon. NO BLISTERS!!! I was so excited.

So all of that was about 3 weeks ago and now I have accomplished so much more than that. The weekend of Oct. 23rd was our BIGGEST training weekend. We needed to walk 18 miles on Saturday and 15 on Sunday. Since my cousin had soccer games we had to split it up a little bit. So Friday night we walked 6 miles, Saturday I walked 12 and then Sunday we did 15. I was beat! But I know I can do it! That following Tuesday I lost my first toe nail! I am taking a Nutrition class and our workout that night was water aerobics...the water made everything lose.

So here I am 2 weeks away from leaving for San Diego and I can't tell you how excited I am about this trip. I have finally met my $2300 goal and now I only have to concentrate on getting things packed and ready to go. This past Tuesday night I met a lady that has done Tampa 3 times and she told me it is the most emotional, exciting and rewarding thing she has ever done. Once you do one you either LOVE it and want to do another one or you are happy you have done it. Personally I have a feeling I am going to LOVE it and want to do several more. I don't know yet if I can do one next year...I promised Tim he could run a marathon. So we will see what he decides. I will keep you all posted and I will post more later.

Thanks for all your support and following our journey!
Love always,
Katie