Broke my record..BIG!!!
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| Sat, 06-06-2009 - 2:19pm |
My husband and I just returned from the Victory In The Valley Race and..get this..Taaa..Daaa..yesterday I walked the 2K 1.2 miles for practice and it took me a hard full 60 minutes with several stops. Well..I walked the 2K (1.2 miles) walk today in 44.17 minutes!!! There was a good sized group behind me still..meaning..I was not the last one across the finish line as I thought I would be!! :-)))
Lizzie..I thought of you as I know you love these races too!! Thank you for encouraging me to go for this!!
When I was approaching the finish line, there is a walking bridge that you cross under and other walkers were up on the bridge applauding and cheering all of us in right to the last person. My husband walked the 5K before me, so he was up on the bridge with his sister giving me thumbs up & "You did it!" and laughing and cheering for me..I was sooooo excited!!! When DH came down and met up with me, we hugged and I cried as this means so much to me. After all of my various surgeries, I didn't think I could ever be in another race..and I did it!!!
I love the atmosphere of these races, people everywhere in the coveted tee-shirts, all happy and having a great time, cancer survivors everywhere with their support teams, the scents of foods cooking, a really good band playing 70's music, and so much more. We had 18 people on our team, mostly family members. Two of John's sisters are cancer survivors and both were there walking with us. Love watching how people dress for these races too. You can tell the real runners in their short shorts and tank tops with tight buff muscles from the rest of us. I saw one woman who you could tell was probably in her late 50's I'd say and she was dressed as a real runner and her legs were totally toned..tight and youthful looking..she must take very good care of herself.
It was emotional at the end when we walked the Celebration Stroll of Survivors and their Supporters. It's a slow walk of about a half mile around and up to the walking bridge. The survivors were wearing purple scarves and carrying purple balloons. When we reached the bridge, the supporters parted and clapped as the survivors walked through and onto the bridge. When they were all on the bridge, the band began playing, "When you need a friend"..many tears..much joy..and after the song ended, they all let their balloons go. Awesome!!!
The path we walked was along the river downtown near our modern beautiful science center. It was such a pretty walk along the river, across a bridge, along the other side of the river with pretty flowers and park like landscaping and such, across the walking bridge and back that my husband and I have deciced that this will be our favorite place to walk from now on unless the temps are too high, then we'll stick to our park where there's more shade.
Here is my commitment to myself...By this time next year, I will be many pounds lighter and will do this race in under 25 minutes! That's the time limit for your time counting and getting your name listed in the paper with your time. I want that!! I will do it!!
Thank you to all of you who have stuck it out reading this loooong message..LOL! Most of all, thank you for your wonderful support..this is an amazing board of people that I am blessed to be a part of!!
This is National Cancer Survivor's Week and this Sunday is National Cancer Survivor's Day.
Edited 6/6/2009 2:51 pm ET by neverstopping
Edited 6/6/2009 2:52 pm ET by neverstopping
Edited 6/6/2009 2:55 pm ET by neverstopping




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{{{{{Donna}}}}
My race was dull by comparision.
My heart is singing right now for you & your family.
That sounds like the most beautiful day!
WOW!!!
Your post brought tears to my eyes ::sniff::sniff::
Am so very proud of you, wow!
YOu did better than fabulous!
Bet you sleep well tonight too
Having broken your record from just the day before .. well, totally awesome my friend!
You should be beaming with joy & oh so ever proud of you.
Those walks are the best as it shows how
Wow, Donna - that is absolutely GREAT! I am so proud of you for finishing - woohoo!!!
Nadine - deenie1979
Oh, Yippee..now I know race lingo..Sub 45!! Love that!! LOL!!
Thanks Lizzie, I'm pretty proud too..or just darned top knotch pleased with myself! I was telling my best friend about it today and she's excited too as she and her husband use to do races years ago too and they may get back into it with us. They're moving back to town here in a couple of weeks..Yay!! There are a few more 2K
Thanks Hugs!! I'm still smiling over this! So grateful that I am back in the groove for I have done two other races a few years ago and after more surgery and the awful struggles from those, I didn't think I could ever walk another race. Just shows what one can do when they put their mind to it and with a little encouragement from friends! I'm determined!
These races are excellent fund raisers too and each had it's cause and that makes you want to do your best too. When I was coming closer to the finish line and I could almost taste it, I really put the speed on for I was determined to not come in last. There were already a good amount of people behind me and I pushed it to my full limit and passed up some more. I was breathing hard and kickin' it up and I could hear the people cheering and made me work even harder! Gawd..I love this stuff!! What a great feeling of accomplishment!!
Oh..and by the way..the weight is falling off at a pretty rapid rate too..Yay Me!! :-))
Yes, I will follow through for I love this stuff and my best girlfriend and her husband are moving back to town and they like the 2K races too and want to do them with us..Yippee!!! That will keep me going and be even more fun! I'll be collecting a wardrobe of race tee-shirts too and it will be fun seeing the sizes go down. Normally I do not like tee-shirts with pictures and words on them, but race tees rock!!
Thank you for your encouragement as always..you're one heck of a fantastic online friend my Hugsie!!
There were already a good amount of people behind me and I pushed it to my full limit and passed up some more.
>> I always worried I would be dead last, it's nice to know there's someone behind you.
the weight is falling off at a pretty rapid rate too..Yay Me!! :-))
>>for sure Yeah You!!! go Donna - I'm gonna have to double up to keep up with you.
I'll be collecting a wardrobe of race tee-shirts
>>I'm thinking of saving all mine and making them into a quilt for my bed.
~Liz
Thank you Deenie, walking has always been my favorite form of exercise and
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