Almost time!

In about 36 hours I'll be standing at Southdale Mall checking in for the 3-Day. I'm already packed and somehow, I managed to get a sleeping bag, and air mattress and pump and all of my clothes/shoes into one duffle bag. I'm ready to go!

I'm going to pretend my little sore throat and sneezes this morning meant nothing. Drinking some OJ, sucking on a throat lozenge and going to be very early!

PS Our tent number is H-97 in case any other walkers are looking for us.

Last Wednesday walk....

Tonight is the last Wednesday training walk before the big event -- Another trip around Medicine Lake (7-8 miles) and hoping for no rain this week! Going to miss this little training walk group for sure!

10 Days

Today I sent out my invitation emails to invite people who are local to show up at the cheer stops and/or the closing ceremony. Here are the locations:

Friday Morning August 20- Opening Ceremony
Southdale Center (10 Southdale Center, Edina MN 55435)
7:00am - Opening Ceremony (bring chair if you can't stand for 30-60 minutes)

Cheer Stations:
It's hard to know when we'll walk through these stations as it depends on how quick you walk and how long you dawdle at the pit stops/lunch/porta-pottys etc. I've heard from many people that the cheer stations are a lot of fun though and people tend to bring chairs and enjoy cheering everyone on. The girls on my training walks said that it is awesome to see someone you know and it keeps you going! People make signs or bring noisemakers, some pass out mints, candy, snacks, stickers or mini water bottles or powdered gatorade to add to water. You don't have to bring anything but yourself!!

Friday - Cheer Stations - August 20
8:45a - 11:00a - Lake Harriet Band Shell (4135 Lake Harriet Pkwy, Mpls MN 55409)
10:00a - 2:00p - Parade Ice Garden (600 Kenwood Parkway, Mpls MN 55403)

Saturday - Cheer Stations - August 21
7:30a - 9:15a - Holiday Inn Express (1100 County Road E, Vadnais Heights MN, 55110)
8:45a-1:15pm - Ramsey Cty Island Lake Park (3611 North Victoria, Shoreview MN 55126)
10:45a - 4:15p - St. Paul Regional Water Svcs (1900 Rice Street, St. Paul MN 55113)

Sunday - Cheer Stations - August 22
8:00a - 10:00a - Northwood Park (2006 1st Street North, St Paul, MN 55109)
11:00a - 3:00p - Indian Mounds Park (1113 Mounds Blvd, St. Paul MN 55106)

Closing Ceremony - Sunday August 22
4:30pm - Minnesota State Capital Grounds (109 Aurora Ave, St. Paul MN 55103)
** Bring folding chairs (or stand for 30-60 minutes)

Here are some video links that give you an idea of what this event will be like:

3-Day Journey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpuO6MXwmLQ

Cheer Stations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y52mh7FftaM

Training Walks

Today Jodi hosted a training walk around Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet and then we had lunch at Tin Fish. We had a great turnout - I think 14 of us total. Can't believe its less than 2 weeks away!!

My family rocks!

My sisters and their kids suprised me today! My nephews drew a really cute sign to hang on our tent with our little "Sweet Peeps" logo on it.

My sisters made a nest with two Sweet Peeps in it that we can clip to the top of our tent so we can find it in the sea of pink tents. I love it!

Goal!!!

Today was a great day -- I hit my fundraising goal of $2300 and actually exceeded it by about $100 --- Thank you so much to everyone who helped support me!

On June 11-12, I went to Wisconsin to do "Relay For Life". My parents were both able to walk the "Survivor" lap and Morgan and I walked for about 6 hours that night to raise money for Cancer research.