How did we prepare to walk the
Avon 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk?
How did we get Katie ready to walk 20 mile a day for three days? It started 11 months before the event, 1 August 2001. We started by walking 3 mile Tuesday and Thursday evenings and 4 to 6 miles on Saturday and Sunday. The first couple of weeks were very hard, walking 3 miles wore us out. We then slowly added miles to Saturday and Sunday until we were walking 18 miles on one day. Now we can walk 10 or 12 miles, come home and work in the yard, it feels great!
Below you can see our training schedule with the week totals and total to date. In the end we will have walked over 1000 miles in 11 months! That is how we prepared for the Avon 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk.
| Week Total | Total to Date | ||
| 30-Jul-01 | 05-Aug-01 | 18 | 18 |
| 06-Aug-01 | 12-Aug-01 | 16 | 34 |
| 13-Aug-01 | 19-Aug-01 | 14 | 48 |
| 20-Aug-01 | 26-Aug-01 | 16 | 64 |
| 27-Aug-01 | 02-Sep-01 | 15 | 79 |
| 03-Sep-01 | 09-Sep-01 | 15 | 94 |
| 10-Sep-01 | 16-Sep-01 | 13 | 107 |
| 17-Sep-01 | 23-Sep-01 | 17 | 124 |
| 24-Sep-01 | 30-Sep-01 | 16 | 140 |
| 01-Oct-01 | 07-Oct-01 | 10.5 | 150.5 |
| 08-Oct-01 | 14-Oct-01 | 16 | 166.5 |
| 15-Oct-01 | 21-Oct-01 | 19 | 185.5 |
| 22-Oct-01 | 28-Oct-01 | 18 | 203.5 |
| 29-Oct-01 | 04-Nov-01 | 12.5 | 216 |
| 05-Nov-01 | 11-Nov-01 | 14 | 230 |
| 12-Nov-01 | 18-Nov-01 | 9 | 239 |
| 19-Nov-01 | 25-Nov-01 | 10 | 249 |
| 26-Nov-01 | 02-Dec-01 | 18 | 267 |
| 03-Dec-01 | 09-Dec-01 | 18 | 285 |
| 10-Dec-01 | 16-Dec-01 | 20 | 305 |
| 17-Dec-01 | 23-Dec-01 | 7.5 | 312.5 |
| 24-Dec-01 | 30-Dec-01 | 0 | 312.5 |
| 31-Dec-01 | 06-Jan-02 | 6 | 318.5 |
| 07-Jan-02 | 13-Jan-02 | 11 | 329.5 |
| 14-Jan-02 | 20-Jan-02 | 22 | 351.5 |
| 21-Jan-02 | 27-Jan-02 | 16 | 367.5 |
| 28-Jan-02 | 03-Feb-02 | 23 | 390.5 |
| 04-Feb-02 | 10-Feb-02 | 26 | 416.5 |
| 11-Feb-02 | 17-Feb-02 | 28 | 444.5 |
| 18-Feb-02 | 24-Feb-02 | 18 | 462.5 |
| 25-Feb-02 | 03-Mar-02 | 20 | 482.5 |
| 04-Mar-02 | 10-Mar-02 | 0 | 482.5 |
| 11-Mar-02 | 17-Mar-02 | 20 | 502.5 |
| 18-Mar-02 | 24-Mar-02 | 26 | 528.5 |
| 25-Mar-02 | 31-Mar-02 | 32 | 560.5 |
| 01-Apr-02 | 07-Apr-02 | 36 | 596.5 |
| 08-Apr-02 | 14-Apr-02 | 30 | 626.5 |
| 15-Apr-02 | 21-Apr-02 | 34 | 660.5 |
| 22-Apr-02 | 28-Apr-02 | 19 | 679.5 |
| 29-Apr-02 | 05-May-02 | 40 | 719.5 |
| 06-May-02 | 12-May-02 | 28 | 747.5 |
| 13-May-02 | 19-May-02 | 36 | 783.5 |
| 20-May-02 | 26-May-02 | 40 | 823.5 |
| 27-May-02 | 02-Jun-02 | 44 | 867.5 |
| 03-Jun-02 | 09-Jun-02 | 17 | 884.5 |
| 10-Jun-02 | 16-Jun-02 | 33.5 | 918 |
| 17-Jun-02 | 23-Jun-02 | 49 | 967 |
| 24-Jun-02 | 30-Jun-02 | 20 | 987 |
| 01-Jul-02 | 07-Jul-02 | 20 | 1007 |