Walk for Hunger

I wanted to complete  a 20 miles Walk for Hunger(Project Bread) this afternoon, but as we approached a 10.5 miles check point, I started to feel a slight twitch in my right knee, the exact spot that I experienced the pain in March.

All I thought was, I should've not so eager to run on  a treadmill for 45 minutes yesterday at the gym. But there was no point of having shoulda and woulda of thinking. I decided to stop at 10.5 miles check point.

Fifth Checkpoint at Daly Field a Nonantum Road.

It was drizzling when Mama Z and Papa Z picked me up at Dunkin Donut at 8: 00 this morning. Our original plan was Mama Z would stop at 6 miles check point I would continue the rest of 20 miles walk. After 10 minutes of so looking for a hard to come by parking spot, we spotted one empty space opposite Bead Store on  Newbury Street. 

When we crossed Boston Garden to get to registration tents at Boston Common, we spotted a huge crowd has just crossed Charles Street to Beacon Street. As a matter of fact the walk began at 7:00 am.It was windy, cloudy and drizzling, but everybody was cheerful and in great mood.

A huge crowd in colorful raincoats and umbrellas in perhaps 20 lines waiting to register. Mama Z and Papa Z got into a line for walk in registration. I went up to the next tent for walkers who registered on line to hand in my slip and the check. The drizzle turned into big drop and stopped and drizzled again, but nobody seemed to care.

After we got our Mileage Tracker stamped at checkpoint 3 (7.5 miles) Mama Z suggested we stopped at Laundromat to dry our damp socks, hats, sweaters and shirts.

What a huge difference it made to have a warm hat, gloves, sweaters on.

As we approached a Check Point 5, I told Mama Z I would be joining her to take a shuttle bus back to Boston Common. Papa Z determined to finish the walk.

A huge crowd of volunteers lined on both sides of the path at Daly Filed Snack Stop (10.5 miles). The volunteers handed each of us two plastic bags of goodies.

We hopped on the shuttle bus and we were back at Boston Common within 20 minutes. The temperature wasn't getting any better. It was a little windy. We walked back to Newbury Street, dropped the goodies in Mamz Z's car and went to Beadwork Store. After about 15 minutes we decided to get  some coffee at Starbuck next door.

Mama Z called Papa Z on his cell to find out his location. He was on Massachusetts Avenue Bridge. Mama Z told him we were heading back to Boston Common to wait for him to cross the 20 miles banner.

Papa Z after 2o miles walk.

We walked up to Penang Restaurant for dinner-Thank you Mama Z and Papz Z for a lovely dinner. After the dinner we were so tired to walk back to the car. We took a subway and got off at Copley Square.

After dinner and 20 miles walk I don't blame Papa Z for forgetting which side of the street he parked his car.

It was so wonderful to hear Mama Z said to her husband, "Oooiiiii Sayang (Ooo.... Love) kat sebelah sini lah."

I had a lovely time with them. Thank you for joining me.

Comments

[katney]

It can be disappointing not to finish, but you made a wise decision.

When I did the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk last September, I had to stop about four miles short of the first day's completion because I had jarred my knee badly on an unexpected curb. I had to take the shuttle into camp. But with ice, and taping, and rest, I was able to finish the other two days of the walk and will do it again this coming September.

[dale]

Oh, hooray for stopping before you hurt yourself!

And tell me that you're going to work on those quads before you go to bed :->

[Gurindam Jiwa]

It is also very nice to know that you can actually "stopped at Laundromat to dry our damp socks, hats, sweaters and shirts" in the middle of a walk.

Over here, you just have swamp yourself through.

[anasalwa]

Katney,
Thank you for stopping by. Yes, it was a little disappointing, but it was a tiny matter compared to the pain and hurt I would endure if I hadn't. I'm glad you completed the rest of the walk. I'm thinking of joining the walk too.

Dale,
Ohh...yess, I worked on the quads as you taught me to when I got home.And I did again yesterday morning.I think I'm getting good at it:)).

GJ,
It was a good thing after walking 7.5 miles in damp socks, hat and shirts.