3Days in PINK! My 3-Day Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure! Philadelphia, October 15-17, 2010! - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Crying as I even read your description of the opening ceremony! In both the 3 day, and the Race for the Cures I've done, what makes me cry every time is seeing those with "in memory" signs.
On a lighter note, how thrilled were you each day to see those Pit Stop signs?! We agreed those were the best sights each day! By the time you saw them, you were ready!
Great report, and can't say enough THANK YOU for walking!! And maybe with this report, there will be lots of other PPs next year doing one of the 3 Days!! They have these all around the country, folks!
Wow, what an amazing beginning. I'm convinced your mom was right there with you. And all those bunny ears are so cute!
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My eyes are filling up with tears reading about the start of the event. I loved that I could cheer you on via FB. Looking forward to reading more.
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I am So proud of you!! Walking for your mom and all your friends and those that can't walk!! You are a hero lady (beyond your usual heroineness)... I am sitting here at my desk with tears rolling down my cheeks!!
I can't imagine being there, as just your description brought me to tears. Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Sue. Very inspiring! Thank you so much on behalf of my best friend who is currently in the fight. Hugs
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This was my first walk, and I didn't know quite what to expect. When we went to our first organizational meeting in July, the speaker told us that we would be getting alot of support from the community. She told us that there would be people on the side of the road cheering us on, that people would be offering us food, that there were communities that requested that we walk through them year after year. How right she was.
Walking out of the opening ceremony, we were greeted by so many volunteers. These would later be our safety patro;, our van drivers and our pit stop people. They high-fived us, encouraged us and made us feel like what we were doing was the only thing that mattered. And that weekend, it was.
The safety patrol was beyond amazing. We had both motorcycle and bicycle safety patrols, and they made sure we were crossed at intersections, made sure traffic gave us the right of way, kept traffic flowing, and gave us hugs when our feet needed them. The were dressed in orange T-shirts, and they were mostly male, but they didn't think twice about dressing in pink outfits and decorating their bikes and motorcycles in pink. I took lots of pictures of them, they will be scattered throughout the rest of the report.
We had walked less than 2 miles when we came across our first cheering station. Now, there are "official" cheering stations that are sponsored by local business. These are on the route map, and you can count on alot of noise, some chocolate and water, hugs, high fives, lots of pink and encouragement. But our first cheering station was unoffical. It was a Friday, so school was in session. And this little bunch of angels came out with lollipops to cheer us on:
Even the water bottles were pink! Alot of us gave them our bunny ears as a thank you for their support.
The first pink bike:
I can't find my first day route card, but Pit Stop 1 was at about 2.5 miles. I was never so glad to see a port-a-pottie in my life! We were greeted when we came in:
Ahhhh...there they are!
We made it!
The pit stop has a bverage station (water and gatorade), snacks and the medical tent. The snack table had bagels, fruit, chips, nuts, pretzels, cookies...and these awesome little graham cracker sandwiches with peanut butter and jelly in them. They would soon become the hit of the pit stops! We loaded up on snacks and water, and headed out again!
More cheering stations along the way:
This house hung all these bras up in our honor:
This car was everywhere:
And these girls made about 8 signs and cheered us on every single day at a different spot:
Many dogs came out to see us. There will be lots of pictures of them, too!
We made it to Pit Stop 2! By now we knew to never pass by a port-a-pottie!
One of the motorcycles:
Look at that line of pink:
Pit stop 3:
Mitzi has an orange:
Ambulances on standby:
Pit Stop 3 was in a beautiful park, and I took a few shots. We rested on a bench while we ate our snacks (more graham crackers!)
We left the park and found more school kids!
Mitzi on a bear bench:
Bear in a pink tutu. She was there everyday, cheering us on!
Another pink puppy:
And...we made it to lunch! We didn't get a picture of the sign for some reason, but lunch was sandwiches, sunchips, fruit and carrots. I had turkey and cheese, Mitzi had ham and cheese, both on wheat-berry bread.
We lounged on the grass and enjoyed our lunch!
Mitzi posting on Facebook:
We had walked 11.2 miles so far. We were tired, but determined.
Rested after lunch, we took off for part two of the day. The adventures would continue!
Those pit stops are amazing, as is the support along the way. It must have been so uplifting to see so many people out to give you guys the support you deserved along the way.
Those little kids from the school are adorable!! I'm so glad they were able to come outside and support you guys like that. How sweet! The pit stops look nice, what re-energizing little areas. Awww, the puppies. Always a sucker for a cute mutt, can't wait to see more of them!!
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Crying as I even read your description of the opening ceremony! In both the 3 day, and the Race for the Cures I've done, what makes me cry every time is seeing those with "in memory" signs. 
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They would soon become the hit of the pit stops! We loaded up on snacks and water, and headed out again!
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It must have been so uplifting to see so many people out to give you guys the support you deserved along the way. 
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