Back on the trail...

First off -

Another BIG GIGANTIC THANK YOU! to everyone who has donated to my fundraising goals for the hike...as of today, Sunday, April 19th, all of you have helped to raise just over $2,500. I only need $2,900 to reach the hike and I've already committed to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society that I will meet this goal.

I am so humbled by everyone who has donated so generously to the LLS so far, especially those of you I've never met before who are friends of my friends. Thank you too for your support.

Most of you never met my dad and, when I've asked you to help me towards honoring his memory on this hike, all of you have answered so positively and with such warmth that it renews my belief that when we all do something together we can truly change things.

In the current times we live in that should be a lesson we can all take to heart. It's said that all of us are connected to each other by only 6 other people. If that's the case then there isn't anything we can't change nor anyone we can't help. Please ask your friends to donate to find a cure for Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Hodgkin's Disease.

Also, the LLS wants to ensure that everyone who donates knows where their donations go. So I started a section for the LLS Links in the green box to your right.

Secondly, an update on my training...

Last time I posted I mentioned that I'd bruised the ball of my right foot and it turned out to pester me for a while longer than I thought. I've been walking along the outside of my right foot since I injured it which makes my right knee hurt....sheesh...getting old is a real pain in the arse!...and the hammy's, and the glutes, and the thighs...

By last Thursday though the pain finally eased off and I was able to hike today. I put in a 2 1/2 hour hike...and after a week or two of being off of my feet my glutes feel like jelly.

I'll need to spend the next several days working hard to try and catch back up to where I was 2 weeks ago...

Talk to y'all soon...

DQ