With just one more week to go to raise funds to fight against sex trafficking in Milwaukee, I have exercised approximately 34 miles so far. I had estimated 10 – 12 miles per week, so I’m right on target.
Since I am not currently a member of a gym, nearly all of my miles have come from walking outside. Since it is winter in Wisconsin, there have been some cold walks, but I am beginning to LOVE LOVE LOVE sauntering down the sidewalks of Wauwatosa. There have been days in which I have really wanted to stay inside where it was cozy and warm, and then I would think about the girls who are enslaved, many being raped several times a day. That made it easier to get my legs moving outside. I have walked to the grocery store, carrying bananas and pears back home in my mini backpack all while the wind is blowing so hard, my hood is continuously knocked off my cold ears. To the library many times bringing home books about human trafficking and of course, the Baxter Family series by Karen Kingsbury. I even ventured to the eye doctor with my glasses tucked away in my backpack (note: eye doctor’s offices don’t always have drinking fountains so if you are walking, pack a water bottle!).
With 7 days to go, I continue to walk even when people think I’m crazy to be outside in the frigid Wisconsin weather. These girls need me to walk.
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