Walk for a Cure for Diabetes

Today I did the 5.5km walk for diabetes.  I am so happy with how well Carrie and I did!  We managed to walk the full course at a steady, brisk pace and finish it in 55 minutes!!!  We thought it would take us an hour and a half to two hours to complete!!  By the time I got back to the car I had burned 673 calories!!!  I can't believe it!! that's two days in a row of burning 500 calories or more - a first while I have been doing this program.

I was surprised how fast I was able to walk and for how long before I started to feel it in my legs.  I got probably 3/4 of the way around before I started feeling it in my hamstrings.

I also managed to raise $220 for juvenile diabetes - definitely a good cause, and a great motivator to make sure I completed the walk. Below is a pic of the people walking around the lake, you can see that there are people all the way around.