Since posting last week that I will be walking 60 miles in the Susan G Komen 3-day in August, the response has been so wonderful. We've raised $360 in this first week - thank you to everyone that has donated!
I've been asked why this walk is so long, wouldn't more people join if the walk was shorter? I can't speak for the founders, but my response has been - because walking 60 miles in a small way is like going through cancer treatment. You get up each day and push yourself to the limit, going to bed exhausted only to wake the next day, and push yourself to the limit again... after a few days you wonder if life will ever be normal again, after a few months you're having a hard time remembering what normal felt like. It is hard to imagine how the true warriors, those fighting cancer year after year, find the strength to keep fighting.
Why walk 60 miles? Because on day 4, we get to rest... but those who are still fighting cancer will not.
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