Day 2: 20 miles

Did you miss my post on Day 1?  Check it out here.

Oh 5:15am came way too early!  But surprisingly, we both actually got some sleep.  We actually had a beautiful weekend to walk and it was like 50 some degrees every night and I was totally ok with that.  Much better than being hot!

Yep, this happened at about 6am Saturday morning.  I am in love with those pink sunglasses, but they were made for a person who has a head that is twice the size of mine.  Sad day.  But they were free (Thanks, Bank of America), so no complaints :)

After grabbing some breakfast, we were ready to go by 6:30am.  Thankfully the sun came out for our last two days and the weather was fabulous!

 All lined up, waiting to walk.

 Mount Prospect was awesome! 
 People were up bright and early offering us goodies and lots of cheers.  It was a big boost and always made me smile :)

 Stopping for a lunch break. And during that lunch break I got my knee taped which you will see in a few pictures.  Nothing serious, just a pulled muscle at the back of my knee that hurt like a b****!

 The New Balance cheerleaders were at a pit stop to pep everyone up.

 I found my name!

 Team Trio came to cheer us on!  It was so wonderful seeing their smiling faces at mile 17!  I had been looking forward to it all day and it was nice to stop and chat for a bit.  Thank you thank you for visiting us!  Nicole and Katie, you two are the bestest sisters a girl could ask for :)

 Another 6:30am to 2pm walk.  Camp never looked so good!
Day 2 done!  41.3 miles walked!

Right after this picture was taken we put on flip flops and went over to the medical tent.  Andrew had some disgusting blisters to take care of and we both needed ice.  Someone experienced shin splints for the first time ever!  And he was quite vocal about how much they hurt (now he can't make fun of me when I tape ice packs to my legs after running!).  While he was getting ice and bandaids, I headed over to the chiropractor side of the tent and had the chiropractor push and poke the back of my knee which killed!  But felt so much better the next day.

We had dinner (maybe more than once) and hung out for the rest of the night.  Off to bed early again (lights our were at 9pm after all).  We had to walk up extra early to pack up our tent and our gear the next morning before heading out at 6:30am.

And I should also note that at the beginning of day 2, we had three women walking behind us for the first few miles.  They were quite chipper for day 2.  At one stoplight, she turned to me and asked how we slept.  I said, surprisingly fine, and asked her the same.  She chuckled and said "Oh we stayed in a hotel, so we slept fabulously!" Seriously?  You do all the training and fundraising for the 3Day and then you don't even do the full experience?  Sleeping in a tent really wasn't all that bad, but whatever.   We obviously stayed in the tents and were just fine.  Showering on trucks and sleeping outside?  We did ok, we're kind of outdoorsy people, so I didn't need a hotel, thanks.

Day 3 coming up!