On the road again!

After walking 26.2 miles, there are a few basic thing that a person wants to do...take off your shoes, shower, eat and lie down for a bit. I am not sure that I would put sleeping in a tent on the list of 'basic' things, but let's just for the purposes of this exercise add that in as well as get a good night's sleep. Once you wake up the first thing that enters your mind is...let's go walking!

And walk we did! A 1/2 marathon was on order for the day, which at half the mileage of the previous day should seem like a breeze. The difference on Sunday was the terrain - there are a good couple of hills to walk up and down in both the city and an area known as Potrero Hill (the former neighborhood of Jamba Juice world headquarters!), so we found ourselves leaning into quite a few hills in the first few miles. The food highlight of the day was the most INCREDIBLE donut hole ever made - soft and chewy with some kind of crispy pink sugar on the outside...we talked about it for at least 4 blocks after eating them. A shout out and thanks to our fine friends at the Four Seasons Hotel for being so kind as to provide the donut holes and coming out to cheer us on. I am sorry to report that I did not take a picture of these fantastic donut holes (I ate it far too quickly to do so) but did take some other compelling photos that you might find intersting.

The great news about this walk is there were no incidents to report. Lots of great support, lots of amazing stories and lots of steps towards completing our goal. Between Barb, Sally and I we had no noteworthy injuries, pains or inconveniences and I have to say that even if we did, we would have pressed on because once you connect with the spirit of this cause and the millions of women AND their friends and family who are affected by breast cancer - you want to do all you can to make a difference.

The walk ended back where we started - Golden Gate Park - and was even more emotional a finish than I had anticipated. The cheering, music, noise and realization that we could sit down and rest for a bit overtook each of us at some point, but when it was all said and done I was filled with a great sense of appreciation, accomplishment and determination to do it again next year - and we are going to have some cool costume/uniforms too!!