A Fantastic DC Walk!!

Opening Ceremony

Port-a-potties at Pitstop 1

Crew support

Lunch at a Pitstop

Arriving at Camp Friday Night

Making Camp

Bobbie’s Girls

Crew Cameraderie

“Stretch 5 out of 60”–5 Minutes Every Hour

Pitstop ! final morning

Supporters at Entrance to Pit Stop

Ellie and friend

Bicycle security

The Holding Pen Before Closing Ceremony

One of the Sweep Vans

Camp at Dawn

A Dedicated Walker

Support from the local fire department

Bike Security

More Walkers in Pink

Youthful Cheering on the Way

Bunnies at the White House

The Survivors at Closing Ceremony

A monument to our efforts

Beloved Port-a-potties

Saluting the Survivors at Closing Ceremony

There is no denying that the parallels between the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure Walk and childbirth are inescapable. Of course, anytime you put 1,900 women into the same community, that kind of observation is bound to pop up, but that does nothing to alter its validity.

Take training. Twenty-four weeks of walking, fitness training and preparation. It may not be 39 weeks of gestation,  but all one’s efforts are aimed at preparation for the big event. Blisters, muscle pulls, fatigue all have their pregnancy parallels.

But enough of that…the walk was fantastic. Once we hit the holding pen before the Closing Ceremony, the cold, fatigue and aches faded and all that was left was the ecstatic feeling of having completed the walk, of having spent three days with a group of strong, committed women (and men)  helping to bring an end to breast cancer throughout the world. There were tough moments, both physically and emotionally, but it was a phenomenal experience.

Previous D.C. Walk Slide Show

One of our walking friends sent us this slide show from the walk in D.C. last year. Here’s the link to the slideshow site:

Breast Cancer Walk Slide Show

We’re walkin’ to fight breast cancer!

We have joined the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk to fight breast cancer. We are Jenny and Ellie, mother and daughter. We will walk sixty miles over the course of three days in DC this coming October. But before that we will be on a journey training together and fund-raising. We hope you will join us on our actual and virtual journey.