Category Archives: Avon Walk 2010

Helpful foot care tips for long walks

Before the Avon Walk become a distant memory for me, I wanted to write about some tips for keeping your feet healthy should you choose to do a long distance walk. I see that many people are hitting my blog by using search terms such as “shoes for avon walk” and “avon walk blister care.”...

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2010 Chicago Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

(Click large image, and hold your mouse over the right side to scroll to next image) Two days, 39.3 miles thru rain and blazing sun.  Saturday and Sunday June 5 & 6 were the Chicago 2-Day Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. I am not a very good writer and tend to tell stories better thru...

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4 Days Left!

It’s been awhile since I blogged about our Avon Walk training, so I will try to touch on some of the recent highlights. The Chipotle Episode Trysh and I both took off of work on May 19th with intent to do our longest walk ever, aiming for 18 miles. We stopped at a Chipotle for...

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We walked to Lake Michigan, oh yes we did!

It’s been awhile since I updated on the Avon Walk training.  The walk is in less than a month, and we are ready!  On Saturday Trysh and I did a 15 mile training walk.  It took us 5 hours, but we felt such a sense of accomplishment at the end.  For you local folks:  We...

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48 Days Left!

I am really excited to report that both Trysh and I have exceeded the fundraising minimum for the upcoming Avon Walk. Thank you so much to everyone for your extreme generosity to this cause! We are still walking (and walking and walking and walking). Yesterday we did our longest walk yet, 11.3 miles. (Can I...

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