Finish Line

Day 2

It's the end of Day 2 and this was a realy great day today. I walked with a co-worker from CA and we really moved today. We finished our 20 miles in about 7.5 hours. The walk was fun and there were lots of supporters out today.

At dinner tonight they did some recognitions and one in particular stood out. This recognition showed how committed people are to the 3 Day. There is a member of the crew that is on the road and everyone sees her multiple times each day as she rides the route watching for people in need of help. She was diagnosed with Breast Cancer two months ago and had a double mastectomy two weeks ago and was still here looking out for us this weekend.

End of Day 1

Well I made it into camp feeling pretty good today. My feet are a bit sore but other than that I am in pretty good shape. Time to shower and eat before relaxing for a cople hours before lights out at 9.  The two women in the picture are both people I work with at AT&T.

Lunch

The walk before lunch was a nice 11 mile walk through the north shore. The last couple miles before lunch were along Sheridan Rd and the houses were quite expensive. After lunch we have 10 miles to camp.

Ambulance

Survivor Circle

Opening Ceremonies

The Night Before

Arrived safely in Chicago around 3:30 this afternoon and ran into teamates in the lobby of the hotel. Our team dinner was once again a good oportunity to meet new team members before the walk starts. Morning will come early tomorrow as I plan to be on the first shuttle to opening ceremonies and that leaves the hotel at 4:45. Now going to enjoy a nice night in real bed before the next couple nights in tents sleeping on a cot

What is the 3-Day

www.the3day.org  If you look to the right side of my blog home page you see a countdown that tells you how many days it is until the Chicago 3 Day.  Most of you are probably wondering what the 3 Day is so I thought I would fill you in a little.  The 3 Day is a series of walks that are held across the United States in the late summer and fall.  There will be a total of 14 3 Days this year.  Each 3 Day is a 3 Day walk that is about 60 miles over the course of three days.  The 3 Days are held to raise money to fight breast cancer. Last spring I was up late one night working on my computer much like I am right now.  I had the TV on and I saw a commercial for The 3 Day.  I thought it looked interesting and went to their website to check out and very quickly decided it was something I wanted to do.  My Mother was my motivation to do it.  My Mother is a survivor and I am glad that she is.  Hopefully by raising money to fight Breast Cancer there will be many more people like me that can say that their mother is a survivor as well.  The 3 Day raises money but is so much more than that.  It really is a very positive experience.  Going into the 3 Day I really didn’t know what to expect but the weekend was much more than I had anticipated.  It’s not just walking 60 miles to raise money.  A large part of the weekend is walking with different people and finding out why they are walking.  The stories of the people involved are both uplifting and heartbreaking as not all the stories are of Survivors. Now many of you may think that the 3 Day sounds like an event that is geared towards women and I will tell you that the majority of the participants are women.  Men are welcome and encouraged to paricipate and there are plenty of reasons for us to do so.  For one, men CAN get breast cancer.  It is not as common in men but it does happen.  Another reason is that breast cancer impacts the people we love and care about.  It can affect our wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters.  We should do what we can to help make sure that they don’t have to deal with this disease. This year I will be paricipating in The 3 Day for my second time.  Please support my walk by going to my donation page found at right in the links section.