This is my experience taking part in the 60 mile 3-day event for breast cancer last year.
Day 1….
Bright and early, surrounded by darkness; I get up, anxious and worried. I’ve never put my body through anything like this before. And yes, I admit, I did not train for this as much as I should have. Between modeling, work, and other issues, I eventually lost my motivation but kept my determination. I was determined to do this – trained or not.
Opening Ceremony – just touching. I seriously want to do this event or the Race for the Cure with more of my friends. I think everyone would benefit from such an experience! There are soooooooo many people, various ages, weights, builds, reasons, colors, denominations, political backgrounds, financial backgrounds, all there for 1 reason. Besides it being a pep rally, the tears came when you saw the now widowed men carrying the flag that says he’s doing it for his wife or when the survivors came in the circle and held up the flags proudly showing that you can beat cancer and not let it defeat you.
The sea of teams wearing shirts in dedication to family members and friends who have died, or shirts of the generous donors, or in honor of the current survivors in their lives, is just amazing. There are costumes galore…feathers, boas, hats, banners, signs, tutus, bras…just everything! There were mother and daughter teams, both young and old. Like I said it was just awesome.
The walk started at Fort DeSoto…if you are not from Florida or Tampa time to pull out a map or go to MapQuest. We walked from Fort DeSoto to St Pete Beach to Treasure Island to Madiera Beach ending up at Tyrone Square then finishing at Downtown St Pete by The Pier. Now for all those that think 60 miles is nothing, we didn’t walk 60 track miles, we walked up hill, downhill, through sand, gravel, grass, dirt, up bridges, down bridges, and uneven sidewalks (so you walk at a slant).
Day one came and went with inspiration and the sweet taste of finishing 20 miles.
T Marlene -- Daily Venus Diva.
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