The Countdown Begins
Twenty-Four hours from now I will be getting out of the car at Lake Lanier Islands ready to embark on my first ever Breast Cancer 3-Day journey. I chose to make my walk this year a metaphor for those who are newly diagnosed with the disease and while my approach may be unorthodox I felt that it had value. That’s why I did not physically train for this 60-mile journey.
You read that right, I didn’t train. When someone is diagnosed they haven’t gone through weeks of training to prepare them for it, it just happens. It happens and they immediately feel alone and isolated, which is why I opted to not sign up for a team prior to the event. My rationale is that I will meet many new people over the next three days and if invited to I will likely join a team at that time.
No more fitting a dramatic backdrop could I hope for than to have potentially heavy rainfall for the first day of this event when we are expected to walk our first 20 miles and sleep for the first night in tents. Walking through the storm, emerging on the other side a little worn, blistered, but still walking.
My hope is to send short updates each day via Twitter and Facebook. If you’re not a friend on Facebook you can follow the updates in the right-hand column on my website.
My love and appreciation goes out to those who have donated to support my walk this year and if you haven’t yet done so there’s still time. Donations are still being accepted through my Official 3-Day website so give what you can.
If the only way to conquer this asshole of a disease is to keep walking, I’ve got two new pair of shoes broken in, waterproofed and ready to go.
