I walked six miles today! I had actually hoped to make it a nine-mile day: having walked a mile before work and two miles at lunch, my plan was to walk the six miles between work and home. However, my right foot has been bothering me, so I decided to take it easy and just walk the second-half of the way home. I'm not sure whether my sore foot is a residual pain from walking differently while I had the blister or whether it's due to the fact that I probably walked way too long on my old shoes or if it's something else entirely. Regardless, I'm hoping the pain goes away soon, because I'm finding it a bit discouraging. Still, for a busy week-day, I'm pretty happy with my six miles.
As for the sixty-seven motorcycles. While I was waiting to cross a busy intersection on my walk home, I saw that many motorcycles motor by! Every Memorial Day weekend, tons of motorcyclists come to the DC area for the Rolling Thunder event, and I suppose that these five-dozen-plus riders were just a small fraction of those that will show up over the next day or two.
Seeing the motorcyclists reminded me of the 3-Day Walk, because amazing people called the Moto-Crew play an important role
in every aspect of the 3-Day. The Crew is an integral part of the walk, and without it, the event would be impossible. It is made up of about 500 volunteers who are divided up into various groups. One of those groups is Moto-Crew--they are the people who motorcycle along the route, blocking off various intersections along the way, making it safe for us to cross areas that are usually full of traffic. Sometimes, they have radios on the back of their motorcycles playing music for us as we walk along. Often, Moto-Crew members give us high fives as we cross through the various intersections. And, if we're really lucky, they even have candy, as this Moto-Crew member did during the 2006 walk! The Crew is WONDERFUL, and we could not walk without them.
in every aspect of the 3-Day. The Crew is an integral part of the walk, and without it, the event would be impossible. It is made up of about 500 volunteers who are divided up into various groups. One of those groups is Moto-Crew--they are the people who motorcycle along the route, blocking off various intersections along the way, making it safe for us to cross areas that are usually full of traffic. Sometimes, they have radios on the back of their motorcycles playing music for us as we walk along. Often, Moto-Crew members give us high fives as we cross through the various intersections. And, if we're really lucky, they even have candy, as this Moto-Crew member did during the 2006 walk! The Crew is WONDERFUL, and we could not walk without them.
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