I want to help make a difference!

On February 21st I signed up for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. I chose the Los Angeles event as the San Francisco one is in July when I will be across at the other side of the country. I will be joined on the walk by Heidi & Kathy - we are all tentatively excited! We will walk 26.2 miles on Day one, and 13.1 miles on Day two (that's a Marathon and a half people!!!)

My motivation for doing this is my friend Julie, at 36 she is fighting secondary Bone Cancer. Her Breast Cancer was discovered 2 years ago and had spread to her hip bone by the time it was discovered.
This is her blog if you are interested http://joolssutton.blogspot.com/

To participate in the walk I need to raise $1800 for the cause. Once all the checks arrive into my account I will be on just over $600. I can only achieve my goal with help from my friends and family. Thank you to all who have already donated. Please donate to my cause online www.tinyurl.com/AndieAvonwalk

My 20 week training plan begins on April 25th. Until then I am keeping up with my regular gym routine and gradually building up my walking outdoors. I am at the point now where I need to get some walking / running shoes better suited to long distances. At the moment I am wearing regular cross training shoes and starting to feel the burn on my feet!