Oh, the amazing people you'll meet...

Back in August, I hosted a training walk at Stone Mountain Park.  Jillian and I were ready to take on 15 miles.  I had noticed that no one had RSVP on the 3-Day site to join us on the training walk so I thought it would be just the two of us.  The day before I got an email from two ladies, Anne and Nelda saying they would be joining us.  To my surprise when we arrive early that morning at Stone Mountain we were greeted by 12 additional ladies!  Ten were from a team called the Cherry Bombs.  About half of these ladies were survivors.  AMAZING!!  These women are such an inspiration.  It was great to get to get to know them and an honor to walk with them for 15 training miles.  They have created a video to raise awareness for the cause.  Please watch it below.  They have a sponsor that will donate to the cause based on the number of viewers.

I look forward to seeing them all again and walking with them in October!

 
We will be having a really big training walk at the end of the month.  We will walk a back to back at Stone Mountain.  What this means is that we will walk 20 miles one day and then walk 15 the following day.  It will be tough...but I know we can do it.  This is a great way to make sure that we are all in shape for the 3-Day in October and to tryout our gear.  I have already had 3 sign up on the 3-Day site to walk with us.

Signing up for the 3-Day, I didn't realize how many friends I would make.  The 3-Day community is full of men and women sharing one common bond...the bond of having or knowing someone with breast cancer and doing what it takes to find the cure.  Each time I gather with these amazing people, I'm encouraged and filled with love, joy, and hope.  They are defiantly some of the most inspiring people I know.  I can't wait to see who I'll meet next!