I Heart My Contributors

The hardest part of the 3-Day, 60-mile Walk is not the walking. It’s the fund-raising At least for me I’ve never liked asking for money, no matter how worthy the cause. For the 11th year, my contributors have helped me raise the minimum required to...

Missing MBTs Have Feet Trembling

I bow at the altar of my MBTs. The sandals saved me from 3-Day, 60-mile Walks filled with blisters and lost toenails. Like a spurned lover left with her partner’s debt, I feel betrayed by the company’s financial ruin. What are MBTs? MBTs − The Shoe MBT is...

It Ain’t Cancer

Penny holds a special place in my heart. My first Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk (as it was known in those days) was one I thought I’d do alone. That was in 2003. A friend who was supposed to walk the 60 miles with me had broken her ankle. I started Day 1 on...

Another 60 Miles Under the Feet

This is one time the event lived up to the hype. My Fight Like A Girl teammates and I celebrated the 10-year anniversary of our team’s participation in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure. We had a 10-year reunion in beautiful Lake Tahoe 6 of 14 team...

A Decade of Miles

When this posts, my Fight Like A Girl teammates and I will be on Day One of our next 60-mile, 3-Day journey. We celebrate our 10th anniversary as a team, and look forward to the next decade. Well, at least as long as this 60+ year-old body will support me. I have 20...