Saturday, 07 November 2009
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Cliopatra's Writings: Heart Related
Cliopatra's WritingsNovember 7, 2009 4:38 pm
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For the past nearly-four years I have participated in my company’s participation in the American Heart Association Heart Walk. All year long we have fundraisers, culminating the actual Heart Walk in November. That was today.
This is my fourth time to do it. I wondered that first year if I was even capable of completing the entire 3.2 miles, since I’d never done it before. It turns out that 3.2 miles is not that far to walk when you’ve got hundreds of other people and a party atmosphere around you. I don’t even think about it anymore, I just sign up when it’s time, raise some money, then get up early and head to the park the first Saturday in November.
It’s been kind of cold the past years, but this year it was perfect weather: sunshiney, not too cold, not too warm, breezy. I loved being out there with my friends and coworkers and people from the community.
I walk because both of my grandmothers have had strokes. I walk because my dad has heart problems, and so does my father-in-law.
This morning on the way out there I sent a ping (which crossposts everywhere) that I was headed to the park for the Heart Walk. A friend from Oklahoma commented on the post on facebook, saying that she was proud of me for doing it, and that her son (who was born with a congenital heart defect) thanked me. I have another person to add to the list of people I do this for.
Even though I don’t like getting up early on the weekends, I am so glad I get to do this every year. I’m proud to say that this year I weigh nearly 40 lbs less than I did at last year’s walk, and God-willing I’ll weigh even less at the next one.
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