Sunday Night: Training Update

Early in April I made the decision to register for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Rocky Mountains. What does this entail you may wonder; well let me fill you in! First I have to raise $1,800, which for someone who isn't the world's best fundraiser is slightly hard. Second, I have to walk 26.2 miles on June 23 and 13.1 miles on June 24, OK technically I don't have to walk all of the miles but c'mon...why wouldn't I?
In preparation for the walk I've been attempting to fund raise which is going so-so and I've also been training. The training program has me walking 5 times a week and doing other stuff the other two days. Here's a look at this week:
Monday - 15 minute recovery walk (you'll understand why it's so short when you read what the weekend entails
Tuesday - Brisk 3 mile walk
Wednesday - 30 minutes of exercises (usually Jack's Dance game)
Thursday - Moderate 3 mile walk
Friday - 30 minutes of exercises (sitting on the couch thinking about exercising doesn't count)
Saturday - 10 mile walk
Sunday - 6 mile walk

So this weekend alone I walked 16 miles. I should be getting pretty good at this whole put one foot in front of the other business huh?! It's quite interesting the thoughts that pop into your mind when out walking for what seems like FOREVER! It's also quite interesting that your legs can get stiff even though they are constantly moving. I'm learning new things about what my body can do as I go through this training and I have to say, it's pretty neat.
The foreseeable future will see Training Updates here on the team swink blog every Sunday night. Check back here to see how I'm doing or pop on over to my avon team walk page to check in there:
http://info.avonfoundation.com/goto/teamswink

quick update

Ok, I've determined to actually make a blog calender and post to said blog...at frequent intervals...truly. So, let me catch you up on what's been going on here at casa swink. Hmmm...still attempting to find good deals second hand rather than purchase them brand new. Still attempting to save money & a portion of the environment by not consuming copious amounts of stuff.

Swink4 played her first soccer game today...ok, well played the game may possibly be a stretch. It was more like wandered around the field in a pack with a bunch of other crazy kids in search of a little round ball.

Swink3 was supposed to have a game today but instead took a nice trip to our dentist's office to have a tooth pulled (the THIRD one this week!). Ok, ok, let me back up a little bit. Earlier in the week swink3 & 4 were jumping on the trampoline when mouth meet head & two front teeth got knocked a little loose. This episode sent us to the dentist & the decision was made to go ahead & pull them since they were just about ready to come out anyway. Two nights ago one of his back teeth started hurting; two days, no food, and a swollen jaw later saw him in the dentist chair (on a saturday) and after examination, etc... the decision was made to pull it. We have the BEST DENTIST IN COLORADO SPRINGS! This awesome guy came in on a Saturday to help my kiddo so he wouldn't be in pain...recomendations for him have been going out to everyone I speak with. So...if you are in need of a dentist in Colorado Springs check out Dr. Humble - (719) 576-6551 202 E Cheyenne Mountain Blvd, #E, Colorado Springs, CO.
 So much more going on but I'll save it for a little later. Mucho blessings!!