And We're Walking, and We're Walking,... and We're Stopping.
I'm a bad blogger of late because, since we're getting to higher numbers in our 3Day training, all I do is walk, sleep, walk, work, walk, work, walk, work, knit, work, walk walk walk.
Last Saturday we got our sorry behinds out of bed at 4:30AM to be in San Francisco by 6:30 AM for a training walk. So did 275 other walkers. I'll bet the neighbors were thrilled with the pre-walk safety talk and cheering.
I'm not used to being with so many women who are NOT knitters but I think the woman who gave the safety/pep talk was wearing a Koolhaas hat!
Here we are in our sleepy, make-up less pre-walk glory. Little did we know what we were about to face. Let's just say San Francisco = HILLS.
We even had some Doggies walkin' for the cause.
So, we've been training consistently as a team (except for the Alaska cruise) but this course kicked our @ss! It was (only) 10 miles long but we had to go up some very steep hills and by the end my feet were screamin'.
Some inspiration along the way:
Friends of Turtlegirl sunning themselves in Golden Gate park:
Buffalo (or are they Bison?) in Golden Gate park:
After the walk we went to the 3Day Expo. I was too tired to take any more photos but I did take a shot of our future home.
After the drive back and a nice refreshing lunch at Chilis, THIS is how I felt when I got home:.JPG)
Tomorrow we're manning a booth at our local Farmer's Market to KIP and (hopefully)get some donations for our team fundraising. If you're in my area tomorrow, stop by and knit with us!
posted by cpurl17 @ 10:36 AM
17 comments
17 Comments:
10 miles alone is fabulous! But add in the SF hills (and being up that early!). Keep it up! You're inspiring me to at least get up a bit earlier tomorrow to exercise :)
Well done! That's quite a task to take on and you're doing a great job.
I might see you tomorrow. Hopefully I can motivate!
Gurl I luv how you are all are going strong!! Yay!!!!
And that inspiring sign was just fab! :oD
See you will be squeezing in some more knitting. Have a great KIP Day!!
Imagine what you could get done if you could knit and walk at the same time.....wow!
Good luck ms cpurl, people are rooting for you :0)
Oh, and I love the kitty pic :0)
Good for you! That is great that you all did such a long walk. It's nice that you saw some good sights on the way too. You can do it!
Whew, I'm tired for you, but all this training as you know will help you guys a lot. Hey..nice temporary digs :)
They used to call Juneau "Little San Francisco" because of that hill thing. So I have an idea of what you're talking about. It would probably be cheating to hitch a ride on a Rice A Roni trolley too huh? ;-)
I love the pink tent!
Love the turtle shot! And you know I love that kitteh reclining pic. =)
10 miles in SF - oof. I feel for ya.
Ugh, hills. No thank you.
I'd love to see you -- which market?
You can do this!
You girls are training machines! So proud of you for all of your hard work. No question in my mind-- you can do this!!
You are doing so well with the walking, I love the cat picture!
Ten miles with hills! That's hard work. Sounds like the training is going well though. Keep it up!
10-mile walk in the SF hills at that hour? I'd felt like kitty when the alarm went off!
Wow hats off you you and the knitting crew! Well Done!!!
I had to LOL with that last picture of what you felt like at the end of the day:)
Your doing great!
What a cute cat!
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