Guess what?

Last night I received an email telling me that I had made the $2,300.00 minimum fundraising goal! Special thanks to Vicki Pitluk and my Uncle Lee and Aunt Ellen for pushing me over that goal. I'm still trying for my personal goal of $5,000.00 and there's still time to donate! Only 51 days until the walk!

I saw this a few days ago and forgot to post it. Looks like Superior is getting ready for the 3 Day! It's funny how something so simple made me smile:

This weekend, Sarah and I went shoe shopping for the walk. We started off the day with a healthy breakfast:

They kinda tasted really buttery.


We drove out to Naperville, since the New Balance store there was having 20% off and a nutrition and hydration clinic--which we kinda missed most of. The New Balance employee walked us through the different types of shoes and measured us to make sure we got the proper fit.

We also learned how to tie a runner's knot. It definitely helps the shoe fit tighter around the ankles and top. Not sure if it's something I'll always do, but definitely a neat new technique.

Sarah settled on a pair of grey shoes (the ones above) and I picked the same style but a different color:




We walked in our new shoes on Sunday and did a little over 7 miles. We were planning on a longer walk but both of our feet were getting used to the new shoes. I think since I'm a heavy walker, I need to get inserts for my shoes as well. I actually had to break out the moleskin to prevent blisters for two parts of my feet. We've done 7 mile walks before and I hadn't really had any problems in my old shoes, so I'm not sure what was up. I also need to get some glide stuff. People were recommending that like crazy on the 3 Day FB page, so it might be a good investment. We did very well training last week and consistently walking. We still need to be doing a bit more, but we'll try next week for that. This week a lot is going on and Sarah is out of town this weekend, so we're training on our own until next week.

I also finished the team logo I spoke about in a previous blog post. The team name is "The Wizards of Bras." They didn't really know what they wanted, so I came up with this:

I had a lot of fun making this one and I'm really glad they enjoyed the design. I think I'll make a post and see if anyone else needs stuff done. It's been nice to help out a few teams in this area.