Re: I am in pain, but I did it!

May 17, 2004

In a message dated 5/16/2004 6:48:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

shinyglo569@... writes:

> So I hope you are having an awesome day, and I will just wobble

> around till my legs are back to normal but I don't care, I did it!!!

>

Congratulations! That's very inspiring!

May 17, 2004

Yay!! WOW!! You are such an inspiration! Thanks for sharing!

Sunshine :-)

> Just a quick note to tell everyone about my weekend. First

though I

> want to know how everyone is doing? Hanging in there? Frustrated?

Let

> me know okay!

>

> I hit a huge goal that I set for myself this weekend. I was a

team

> captain for Relay for Life. It is for the American Cancer

Society.

> Well since my dad has prostate cancer this year I decided to be a

> captain. I participated in 2000 but was only on a team. Well We

had

> a team goal of money to raise and we exceeded that. Hooray! And I

had

> walked 20 miles in 2000 so I had set a personal goal of 25,

thinking

> I would increase by 5 miles, but during the week before the event,

I

> thought, geesh I have always wanted to do a marathon and that s

26.2

> over a little my original goal..so I set my goal to walk a

marathon.

>

> Well the morning of the event, I went ahead and did my lower body

> workout(not sure if I should have with all the walking I did but I

> wasn't going to miss the workout)...

>

> Well I started out great, it is a 24 hr event, and I didn't stop

> except once to change shoes (I had a terrible terrible cramp in my

> right leg, turned my foot outwards it cramped so bad) and except

to

> eat or use the restroom.

>

> I walked and walked and walked, I was beginning to get sore

already

> after the first 9-10 miles, I thought oh no, I overestimated

> myself...well I just kept going..and going..there were people set

up

> in tents around the track, and they noticed that I was constanly

on

> there, so they started to cheer me on, or ask if I needed

anything.

> Every lap someone somewhere on the track would ask me how many laps

(I

> had a lap counter with me) I was wearing a huge cat in the hat

hat,

> so I wasn't hard to miss.

>

> I got so tired, and about 5am I thought, oh no, I am walking to

slow

> I will never make it, I still had over 50 laps to go about (70

laps,

> 1/4 mile laps) I was so tired and so far to go, I began

questioning

> my ability to make it, and my g/f that was on the team, kept

> encouraging me saying your doing great, you can do this, keep

> going..and so I did. I just kept going. She went to bed in the

tent,

> and I just kept walking.

>

> Well the last 30 laps were really hard, my right hamstring felt

like

> a peice of wood that had been shoved into my leg..I was limping

and

> tired. At about 20 laps to go I changed my socks and shoes again.

>

> Well needless to say I did it. I walked 106 laps for 26.25

> miles..then they gave me the spirit stick and had to walk another

> lap, then I was in the caregivers ceremony and did another lap,

and

> then in the ending ceremony everyone walked one more lap, I walked

27

> miles, I exceeded my goal!!!! Yea!!!

>

> The last 5 laps I basically had to hang onto my boys arms. I had

one

> on each side...if you could have seen me I looked so bad, this

huge

> hat on my head, with a flower attached, a play tattoo on my face,

> sunburnt,and crying because I was so tired and my leg hurt so bad,

> but my team walked the last lap with me and I was an emotional

wreck,

> some from sleep but mostly because I did it, I set a goal and I

did

> it..

>

> The tv station there interviewed me, (they didn't use it in the

> segment though) but I don't care, it was still cool that they

did.

> The team won rookie team of the year, and they gave the team

> certificate to me actually because the said I was such an

inspiration

> because as the people were in their tents resting, everytime they

> looked up they saw me on the track and knew I would hit my goal,

so

> incredible!

>

> Okay you are all probably going yeah yeah so what..the point I

want

> to make, is if you set a goal, go for it, don't let anyone or

> anything get in your way...Set your mind and go for it..if you

> believe you can do it, you can do anything you want!!!We can do it

> together, if some of my team members hadn't pushed me at times I

> might have given up, I was so tired and it was raining the first

part

> of the walk, but I am here to say, don't give up, I won't let you,

we

> are a team here and we will hit our goals!!!!!

>

> While I was there I was able to talk about Body for Life alot, and

> help people, I even had a bracelet made that says Body For Life,

> hoping that when I wear it it might give me more of an

opportunity

> to tell people about it.

>

> So I hope you are having an awesome day, and I will just wobble

> around till my legs are back to normal but I don't care, I did

it!!!

>

> Glo

May 17, 2004

WOW! WOW! AND MORE WOW!

now you know, you can do anything!

> Just a quick note to tell everyone about my weekend. First though I

> want to know how everyone is doing? Hanging in there? Frustrated? Let

> me know okay!

>

> I hit a huge goal that I set for myself this weekend. I was a team

> captain for Relay for Life. It is for the American Cancer Society.

> Well since my dad has prostate cancer this year I decided to be a

> captain. I participated in 2000 but was only on a team. Well We had

> a team goal of money to raise and we exceeded that. Hooray! And I had

> walked 20 miles in 2000 so I had set a personal goal of 25, thinking

> I would increase by 5 miles, but during the week before the event, I

> thought, geesh I have always wanted to do a marathon and that s 26.2

> over a little my original goal..so I set my goal to walk a marathon.

>

> Well the morning of the event, I went ahead and did my lower body

> workout(not sure if I should have with all the walking I did but I

> wasn't going to miss the workout)...

>

> Well I started out great, it is a 24 hr event, and I didn't stop

> except once to change shoes (I had a terrible terrible cramp in my

> right leg, turned my foot outwards it cramped so bad) and except to

> eat or use the restroom.

>

> I walked and walked and walked, I was beginning to get sore already

> after the first 9-10 miles, I thought oh no, I overestimated

> myself...well I just kept going..and going..there were people set up

> in tents around the track, and they noticed that I was constanly on

> there, so they started to cheer me on, or ask if I needed anything.

> Every lap someone somewhere on the track would ask me how many laps(I

> had a lap counter with me) I was wearing a huge cat in the hat hat,

> so I wasn't hard to miss.

>

> I got so tired, and about 5am I thought, oh no, I am walking to slow

> I will never make it, I still had over 50 laps to go about (70 laps,

> 1/4 mile laps) I was so tired and so far to go, I began questioning

> my ability to make it, and my g/f that was on the team, kept

> encouraging me saying your doing great, you can do this, keep

> going..and so I did. I just kept going. She went to bed in the tent,

> and I just kept walking.

>

> Well the last 30 laps were really hard, my right hamstring felt like

> a peice of wood that had been shoved into my leg..I was limping and

> tired. At about 20 laps to go I changed my socks and shoes again.

>

> Well needless to say I did it. I walked 106 laps for 26.25

> miles..then they gave me the spirit stick and had to walk another

> lap, then I was in the caregivers ceremony and did another lap, and

> then in the ending ceremony everyone walked one more lap, I walked 27

> miles, I exceeded my goal!!!! Yea!!!

>

> The last 5 laps I basically had to hang onto my boys arms. I had one

> on each side...if you could have seen me I looked so bad, this huge

> hat on my head, with a flower attached, a play tattoo on my face,

> sunburnt,and crying because I was so tired and my leg hurt so bad,

> but my team walked the last lap with me and I was an emotional wreck,

> some from sleep but mostly because I did it, I set a goal and I did

> it..

>

> The tv station there interviewed me, (they didn't use it in the

> segment though) but I don't care, it was still cool that they did.

> The team won rookie team of the year, and they gave the team

> certificate to me actually because the said I was such an inspiration

> because as the people were in their tents resting, everytime they

> looked up they saw me on the track and knew I would hit my goal, so

> incredible!

>

> Okay you are all probably going yeah yeah so what..the point I want

> to make, is if you set a goal, go for it, don't let anyone or

> anything get in your way...Set your mind and go for it..if you

> believe you can do it, you can do anything you want!!!We can do it

> together, if some of my team members hadn't pushed me at times I

> might have given up, I was so tired and it was raining the first part

> of the walk, but I am here to say, don't give up, I won't let you, we

> are a team here and we will hit our goals!!!!!

>

> While I was there I was able to talk about Body for Life alot, and

> help people, I even had a bracelet made that says Body For Life,

> hoping that when I wear it it might give me more of an opportunity

> to tell people about it.

>

> So I hope you are having an awesome day, and I will just wobble

> around till my legs are back to normal but I don't care, I did it!!!

>

> Glo

May 17, 2004

Wow - great for you!

I am in pain, but I did it!