Congratulations, Kerri, I thought of you this weekend and I knew that you would do it. What an awesome feeling that must have been. I am so proud of you! I looked at your pictures and you look great. I need to find myself another 10k to do,because I have been slacking off a little and only doing 3 or 4 days a week. Now that I am back in school it is more difficult finding the time to exercise. But it needs to be no excuses. Anyway, that is off the real subject which is YOU DID GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lynn

Hi Pam~ It's so good to see ya back on again. I'm sorry that you've been in such pain. Hopefully you're feeling better now. Yes, it was a tremendous pain in the toosh that my ipod went out. I was soooo ticked!! I even have a "Kerri's Racing Music" playlist with all of my fun and funky songs on it. I needed a little Bon Jovi~ It's My Life as I was walking! A Gu pack is a small pack of energy gel that they sell at sporting goods stores. Gu is the name brand, but there's Power Bar gels and other name brands. You can get those anywhere~ even at Wal Mart! It's pure carbs that you take when you've done over an hour of hard training. I should have started at about 5, but didn't. I waited until my body told me I needed it at around mile 7, which was too late. It couldn't kick in in the way in needed to to give me the energy burst and not be hurting. Even the second one at mile 9.6 didn't help. That's why I was in such pain by mile 12. My body was burning my muscle as food, not my carbs or protein. Oh well, I took a REALLY big protein drink a few hours later, after lunch and that helped. My legs and everything (except my ankles and blisters on the bottom of my feet) are almost back to normal today. What a funny thing about the palm tree!!!! I don't give them a second thought here in CA. Actually, I don't like them very much. My house is in a very warm area and everyone uses different types of palms in their backyards. I stick with evergreen trees and my roses! I am an Oregon girl to the core!! Hugs, Kerri

Thanks so much Wendy! We Junebugs really rock!!!! It would be so much fun to find a national Walk from Obesity and all go to it! What do ya think? I'm game! Hugs, Kerri

Thanks Deloris!!! It's good to see you back on the boards again...we missed ya! I tell ya, if there's a 5K around you for a cause that touches your heart, I would encourage you to try it. Most people can easily walk the 3.1 miles it takes to complete one. It's kind of addictive, actually!! Hope you're enjoying your life of maintenance!!! Hugs, Kerri

Kerri, WOW hun that is just awesome and you should be very proud... What a great thing you just did and I am sure it was a major goal that you just completed! CONGRATS!! thanks for sharing that... Debra P