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Home | Health & Fitness | Women Issues We were on the road by 6 am headed for another 21.5 mile walk. The walk today was different from day one. It brought some shade as we walked tree-lined trails in the Blue Hills Reservation. It was a beautiful walk along a lily pond and colorful flowers and then through a golf course between green and tee on the second hole. There was a golf tournament going on, so we had to wait between foursomes. The temperature was still very very hot. As part of this walk we crossed over I 93 south of Boston in the morning and then back in the afternoon. Local police and state police were in place to direct traffic as we crossed the major cross streets. Our interactions with all of the police were very pleasant – one even sported a bead necklace one of the walkers had presented him as a memento of this time. We also had met many residents of the communities that provided us ice, water, encouragement and support. At our second pit stop for day two, local high school cheerleaders were having a car wash at the Milton High School. Many of us wondered if it would be a good opportunity to get a body wash because we were already hot and sweaty a couple of hours into the day! Several community members adjusted their sprinklers to water the walkers instead of their grass. They helped us continue our life changing decision to help breast cancer with our million dollar dream. The last eight miles of the walk were the most difficult of the two days. Mile 36 and 37 we walked single file straight up the side of a hill on a very busy street with lots of traffic. It was very intense and very hot. We were informed at the last pit stop for the day that over the last five miles the pickup vans would not be able to provide support to pick you up. Once you started in, you had to complete the journey to the other side of the park. We walked up and over a hill on a path that was very rocky on very tired legs and feet. There was no road available for pick up vans the last five miles. . The 3-Day crew continued to provide support for the walkers with the bikers who rode along side of us through the woods and streets. It was an absolute high to walk out of the woods to the cheers of the crew and other walkers who had already completed the walk. At that point we had completed the second day. I cried because I was so excited. It took me 12 hours to finish the second day. My feet were blistered and sore and my body was tried. The medical tent was always very busy. They kept busy with blisters, heat problems, dehydration, broken toe nails, sprained ankles, back problems and two heart attacks. By the end of day 2, my feet appeared to have blisters on blisters but I chose sleep over relief. Jeff and I started training for the walk three months before we left, but we never walked more than twelve miles at one stretch, or twenty miles in a weekend. At the end of these two days, we had walked 43 miles with only 17 miles to complete the walk. It was done, we just had to finish. For me it was dinner, early to bed and up early for the final walk. My life changing decision was coming closer to completion. Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
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