Ever Wonder What It's Like at the 3-Day? Come Find Out!!

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be on the 3-Day?  Come find out at Opening/Closing Ceremony or a cheering station!  Cheering stations are AMAZING!!  The come along just when we walkers need them.  You have friends, family, and total strangers all gathered together thanking and cheering you through each day.  My team and I would love to see you on the route.  If you would like to come cheer us on check out the cheering station locations and times.

Once the big weekend has arrived, there are any number of ways to show your support.

 

Opening Ceremony

Friends and family are highly encouraged to attend this emotional celebration, which starts your walker’s 3-Day journey. Please note that seating will not be available, so if you are unable to stand for 30-60 minutes, you may want to bring a folding chair. Please allow extra travel time while coming and going due to expected traffic congestion at the site.






Friday, October 18 - 7:30 a.m.

Stone Mountain Park
1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd.
Stone Mountain, GA 30303

Driving Directions: Take Highway 78, then take exit 8, Stone Mountain Park Main Entrance. Follow exit ramp to East Gate Entrance of Stone Mountain Park.

After the Opening Ceremony is over, participants will begin walking the route and start a journey of a lifetime.

Cheering Stations

Public cheering stations are a great way to show your support along the route. Encourage walkers and let them know that you are with them every step of the way. Create banners, hold up signs, bring some music and spread the love - anything to make them smile, get energized and keep walking.

On some portions of the route you may find areas that are deemed “quiet zones” which will be indicated by signage on the route. Please assist us in respecting our neighborhoods and communities during this time.




Friday, October 18
 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony
Stone Mountain Park
1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd.
Stone Mountain, GA 30303

8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Stone Mountain Village
Main Street
Stone Mountain, GA 30083

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
DeKalb History Center / Old Courthouse
101 East Court Square
Decatur, GA 30030

Saturday, October 19

10:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Lindbergh City Center
520 Main Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30324

11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Peachtree Street between 3rd Street & 8th Street
701 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308

Sunday, October 209:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
John Howell Park
833 Virginia Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30306

11:00 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Freedom Park between Euclid Ave & Moreland Ave.
1284 North Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30307

5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Closing Ceremony

Turner Field

755 Hank Aaron Blvd.

Atlanta, GA 30315

Closing Ceremony

After three days and 60 miles, participants will take a final and incredibly emotional victory walk into the Closing Ceremony. Friends, family and supporters should arrive at the Closing Ceremony site at least one hour early to get the best view of the program. We encourage you to carpool or take public transportation. Not only is it better for the planet, but it will help lessen traffic congestion for everyone as you arrive and leave.

Sunday, October 20 - 5:00 p.m.

Turner Field
755 Hank Aaron Blvd.
Atlanta, GA 30315
Parking: Parking is available in the Blue or Gold lots at Turner Field.

It's Mail Time at the 3-Day Post Office!!

After a long 20 miles (or more), there's nothing better than getting to camp and finding mail at the 3-Day Post Office!  Letters with encouraging words help remind you after a tiring day why you signed up to walk 60 miles. The last two years, your letters have brought tears to my eyes and have given me so much motivation and encouragement to keep walking.  I'd love to hear from you this year too!!

Post Cards from Mrs. Jones' 3rd Grade Class!  It was so sweet to have my Superstars cheer me on.

Walking 60 miles in 3 days is not easy...your love and support means so much to me.  Thank you to everyone who wrote me letters and sent words of encouragement last 2 year (some even sent a card for each day). 

Here are some suggested ways to support me and my team.  These suggestion are from the 3-Day Website!

• Write a letter expressing your love and support to your walker, which we’ll deliver to her/him on the event. Getting mail on event can provide a big boost to their spirits. Take a few minutes to write a note which will brighten up their Komen 3-Day experience!
  Send letters to:
  Susan G. Komen 3-Day Camp Mail
  ATTN: INSERT NAME OF PARTICIPANT
  P.O. Box 1101  
  Woodstock, GA 30188
  Envelopes only, please. No boxes or large packages. Mail must be postmarked no later than October 8 in order to ensure delivery at the 3-Day Camp Post Office. Please note: This address is not the actual location of camp, but a PO Box for mail delivery only. Any mail that is not received by the 3-Day^® by October 15 or retrieved by the participant by November 4 will be destroyed.
• Organize a group to host your very own private cheering station. (Contact mhowell@event360.com for more information.) You have the potential to turn any tired 3-Day walker into a happy participant by surprising them at a cheering station!
• Send your participant sweet dreams with a personal note and a treat. Click here for details.
• Help raise money. Ask your participant how you can get involved in her/his fundraising plan to help your walker exceed their fundraising goal.

I really appreciate everyone who has made it possible for me to walk the last 3 years!  I have been so blessed to be a part of the 3-Day family and walk.  I am glad that I can do this for my mom and know that my efforts help to promote awareness and save lives!  I am going to close with a quote from a card I received from a sweet lady named Donna during the 2011 Event.  I dream big!  I hope you do too!

 

Dream higher than a mountain, deeper than the sea, wider than the world - for the size of our dreams tells not how big we are but how big our God is.  Holley Gerth

 

Praying, hoping, believing, in a cure!

 

God can do anything, you know - far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!  Ephesians 3:20



Me and My Camelbak

Well, there it is...my Camelbak.  I love it and I hate it.  Well, there's more love than hate.  I guess to be honest the problem is not the Camelbak, it's the Camelbak Operator (yep, me).  If you remember back to my first 3-Day, you'll remember day 2.  On day 2, it was cold, sweat shirt cold and I had a bumped up knee.  I stopped at Pit Stop 2 sat my pack down and headed to the restroom.  When I arrived back, I put on the backpack only to soak my back with water.  Not a little, but it went straight through the sweat shirt and t-shirt.  I took it off the pack and notice that it was wet and it was sitting in a puddle of water.  I quickly looked to see if there was a leak and there wasn't.  What happened was I sat the bag on top of the straw and the water came on out while my bag was on the ground creating the puddle and soaking the outside of the bag.  I clean the straw and refilled the water and walked that cold, cold morning with a wet back and pack too.  After that little experience I have been careful not to sit the bag on the straw again.  I love carrying the water on my back during the walks.  It is easy to get a drink of water when needed through the straw and it holds tons of stuff.  You would be surprised what all I can pack into this little bag.  My pack is actually a cyclist pack.  There's even enough room to put a bike helmet in it.  I carry water, foot care items, rain jacket, extra socks, and more in mine.  It is one of the best things that I have bought for my 3-Day journey, only second to my Road Runner socks, Road Runner fitted shoes, and molded insoles.  I haven't had any more trouble (again, it was my fault) with my pack since that day back in 2011.

Well, the other day, we went for a 15 mile training walk at Stone Mountain (trust me, I need water to complete a walk at Stone Mountain, especially for 15 miles).  I double checked as always to make sure that I didn't sit it on the straw.  I was ready to walk.  I got out of my car, put the pack on my back and then I felt it... yep, water.  I thought maybe it was dripping from the car door, but it hadn't rained!  I looked in the floor of my car and there was NOT a puddle of water.  I quickly took off the bag...too late, my back was wet.  I unzipped the pack and the section that holds the water bladder was filled with water, there was hardly any water left in the bladder of the bag.  This time, I didn't put the lid on good when I filled it with water.  On a good note, my stuff inside the bag (other compartments) was totally dry!  I refilled the water, put the lid on tight, and walked on.  Lucky for me it was a hot morning so a wet back wasn't so bad after all.  Lesson learned...I will always double check to make sure the lid is tight and watch where I sit it.  :-)

Again, it's one of the best things I have purchased!  I really prefer it over the fanny pack, but I do encourage other walkers to try both and then make the best decision for them as to what to carry for the event.  Practicing with your gear is important in preparing for the 3-Day!   I look forward to carrying my Camelbak another 60 miles in October.  Although, I may need someone else to check it before I put it on.  Yep, definitely a problem with the operator!! ;-)

    

Walking, Walking, and Walking Some More...

Training is so important in preparation for the 3-Day!  How could you ever think of walking 60 miles without practicing it?  This year, I was once again selected as a Training Walk Leader (TWL).   I have been blessed to walk with several ladies and gentlemen this year.  Meeting new people is the best part of being a training walk leader.  I love encouraging walkers and seeing the look on their faces when they complete a set number of miles.  The miles and time passes faster when walking with friends too!

The training plan for the 3 day totals over 500 miles.  That's not including the actual 60 miles in 3 days.  Due to life, I can't do it all.  But, I do what I can to prepare.  So far, as of today, I have completed over 220 training miles this year.  It's not easy, but the 3-Day Spirit shown by the 3-Day Family keeps you going all the way to the closing ceremony!  I am so excited to walk this year.  I am so excited to meet the new faces put in my path!  New faces to encourage, to support, and to show God's love to too.  Thanks to everyone for supporting me.  Thank you, God for allowing me this opportunity, the strength to walk, and for shining though me to help others.  I am so blessed by being a part of this team and being a small part to help find a cure to end cancer!!  I just want to make a difference in this world and I hope my life, my story, will give hope and strength to others.  I'll continue to walk, you keep walking too....

 

Live your life from your heart, share from your heart, and your story will touch and heal people's souls.  M Beattie

Help Me Make a Difference!!

In 9 weeks I will be taking my 3rd 60 mile journey in the 2013 Susan G. Komen 3-Day™! I had such an incredible experience the last 2 years participating in this event.  I'm so excited and blessed that I have the opportunity to share hope and spread awareness once again!  This event isn't easy, but I promise you, I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't believe 100% that it was worth every muscle ache, weary night, blister, and training walk!

However, I need your help in order to participate!  I must reach the minimum fundraising goal of $2,300.00 in order to walk.  I am currently only half way there at a little over $1000.  I am asking you to please consider giving a donation.  You may be thinking, "Why should I donate?" Without a cure, one in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. I bet that you know a friend or loved one that has battled or is now fighting this disease.  This is our opportunity to do something about it. Together, we can!  There is no donation too big or too small. Please also ask your employer if they will double your donation with a matching gift.  Remember that your donation is tax deductible.  Whether you donate $5 or $100 your gift is appreciated and a step closer to finding the cure!  If you are not able at this time to donate your prayers and support are enough!  You can also help by sharing my journey or asking others to donate to my account.  Thanks for all of your support and prayers. I'm incredibly lucky to have people like you in my life!

I need to reach my goal as soon as possible.  If I have not reached it by October then I will not be able to participate this year.  Please donate today!!  To make an online donation, click here!

May God Continue to Bless You! 
With love,  Amy

Thank you!

Just wanted to say thanks to all those who have supported me and prayed for my journey.  I am so looking forward to October and know that God is blessing all my efforts!  I hope that those reading my story are receiving a blessing.  I hope to write more soon as the event approaches.  However, I am only about half way there on my fundraising.  I plan on a few more fundraisers soon.  You can check back to see what I'm selling or you can go to my page here and make an online donation or print a donation form.  If you know of a business or someone who may want to donate send them a link to my page.  Remember all donations are tax deductible.  Don't forget to let me know if you have a friend or loved one that you want me to walk in memory or in honor of.  I carry each name on a ribbon throughout the entire 60 miles!

 

This year's 3-Day is only 9 weeks away!  I'm getting excited!!!

 

 

Live your life from your heart, share your heart, and your story will touch and heal people's souls.

Melody Beattie