You don't "not train" hundreds of miles for months that should have been spent creating a lean, mean, walking machine - all to try to stroll 10.14 miles on Saturday and 15 miles of Sunday and, in the "not training" you've come to realize that when you do stupid things - like pretending to be a marathon-walker... your body has no choice but to hurt where you didn't know you had muscles and to desire to sleep, sleep, sleep (but can't - who has time???) to recover.... oh well...
I mean, I didn't start out on this Breast Cancer 3-Day season with the intention of not training for MILES and MILES prior to what is called "back to backs"...
But, nonetheless, life happens - life happened and stuff, many kinds of stuff, people - responsibilities sickness,feels-like-heart-attack-pain-go -to-hospital-admitted for days- kind of pain - but healthy heart muscle says "go for it" and so I do...
Like many miles. . . in a row... with these lovely strong, Warrior Women.....
We walk, we talk, we raise funds and awareness and we pull butt muscles, because people like
these people - who will be standing in different spots, this Chicago 3-Day, because their CENTRAL focus - AbbyJill Brauhn - the lovely in the white ball cap, is no longer with us on this planet, because with all the advancements and dollars spent on "why" and "how" and"what" of Breast Cancer we've yet to have found a cure.... and this beauty is gone.
My butt muscle is just no big deal. It hurts - but sometimes pain, itself, is a lovely reminder that we're here, breathing and are given the opportunity to walk for awareness - walk for fundraising - walk in MEMORY, to walk in SUPPORT and to walk - simply because we can...
In our staff devotions today I shared about the 3-day and all of the spiritual parallels there are. I thought of you and our team walking hand in hand over the finish line. That was a beautiful moment that I will never forgt.
Posted by: Janelle Keller | July 14, 2008 at 10:41 AM