Atlanta Strides Against Breast Cancer

As much as I wanted to, I didn't go to the Big and Little Kennesaw Mountain walk with my teammates. Mainly because I couldn't walk alone. I was too nervous and couldn't find anyone to walk with me. So instead, I still wanted to get my exercise in so I went to Atlanta Strides against Breast Cancer with my Curves friends. What an event THAT was. It was estimated that over 15,000 walkers were in attendance and at the end, they announced that over 750k was raised and they estimated that over 1 million would be the final Atlanta count. The walk of course started out a bit hectic due to so many trying to get on the way, but after a bit, there were some who dropped so it made it a bit more bearable with not so many to contend with.

What made it great was I tagged up with one of my Curvemates Karen whom I had not had the pleasure of getting to know up to this point. Karen and I made great pals on the walk and she was a determined as I was to push it all the way. We were both starting to get sore, but we plugged along at a great pace and had our great Aha moment at the end. Thanks Karen for making this walk such an enjoyable feat for me.

When I got home, I still wasn't ready to relax and cash in my day, so after a short nap, I went down and did another 3k at Alexander Park. When I finished that walk, I was done for the day. I had to do more as I felt so dang guilty that I wasn't able to walk the Kennesaw's, so now I feel I accomplished as much as they must have.

Today is Sunday and I plan on walking some more. For some reason, I feel these walks do me as much if not more, than going and working out on the treadmills do. I see more results this way. Probably because I am forced to push myself up those dang hills so it works me more and uses more calories. I think today I am going to start with Lenore Park and end at Alexander. They are both tough walks as I always go backwards and take the harder route, plus yesterday I entertained myself with my music on my mini iPod. Wanted to shout the entire way. LOLOL

Hoping for some pretty good numbers on Tuesday. Not as much as I would want, but going to go in there feeling pretty good considering the slow start to this period.