Surprised on doing 7 miles

long day for me today.  Went from an 8.5 hour shift to a walk/run of 7 miles today.  I met up with Katie who was keeping track of our miles...little did I hear her say, we were doing 7 miles today not 6.  lol all well I had a good walk and was able to accomplish it in 1hr40min :) 

I am blessed to be able to do what others are not able to and walk/run for a great meaning.  I hope I can help raise money to hopefully find a cure.

Please feel free to check out my website:  http://pages.teamintraining.org/mi/nikesf11/ntervoort

nooo I didn't want to but now I am glad I did :)

Yesterday was a challenge to say the least.  With work, being a mom, wife, friend, and training I don't have much if any down time for just my self.  I told myself Tues. night I would wake up before work to walk my 6miles.  Wed. came and I got up and headed out side with my dog Jasmine.  It wasn't even 3 miles yet when I started pacing inside wishing it was over already.  around the 4 mile mark I decided to just do it and I started jogging.  .58 miles later I was feeling pumped and proud that I could run that far after being so exhausted from that days walk and those before.  It came close to the 5mile mark and I jogged another .58 miles.  I finished my 5.99 mile walk/run in 1 hour and 28 min!!! YAY.

P.S.  I hit my $400 mark this week as I had hoped!  Thank you for the support.  I have a looooong way to accomplishing my goal, please continue to help spread the word.  I am still collecting cans/bottles as well. 

oooh my feets

Woke up and was out by 5:40am this morning. I threw in a few jogs and brought my dog.  He hasn't gone on a long walk in a long time.  He really didn't like me after 5.5-6 miles.  My IPod died so i am not sure how far I went but I was out for 1.5 hours. 

I have a few more bags of cans to return this week and hoping I can hit the $400 mark if possible :)

Sat. June 18th

Finally, my first post.  It took me a while to learn how to set this up.

Katie and I have been training for  3-4 weeks and are now walking 6 miles.  I am walking about 3-4 times a week.  Today was great, I had met up with my coach for the first time and got to meet some others in training as well.  It was hard to wake up at 6:30 am to go meet everyone out in Grand Haven this morning but it was so worth it.  I just remind myself, I have a choice those who have cancer do not.

I am currently collecting cans to help raise money and finding it is a lot of work but the amount I get at one time is a great way to help raise money for research.

Thank you for taking the time to read about my journey and I hope you will continue to follow me as I progress.