Hi, Colette here from theLondon Fit Girls Club UK. Yesterday 1stof October Stephanie and I along with 10,000 others completed a night walk forthe Cancer Research Society. The nightwas packed with amazing people who had gone through major challenges offighting cancer, some beating it, whilst others were fighting, and othersrecovering from it.
Many of those who came out onthe walk had lost loved ones or friends to Cancer one way or another. Let’s face it who hasn’t been affected by this atrocious illness. However with the advancement of technologysome cancers can be detected really early and the prognosis for recover isexcellent.
I started out 8.30pmyesterday evening to meet Stephanie at the Indigo 02. Our journey was severely hampered by thetransport services who had decided that weekend to do extensive work on anumber of tube stations, which meant buses where running instead of the tube!Arghhhh! The Jubilee line was up thecreek, so was the Northern Line via Bank, Metropolitan line was out betweenHarrow Weald and Baker Street, and even the district line had delays…. Not withstanding thisStephanie and I set out with a determination to get to the event. So here we are after we both made it despitethe transport nightmare in London that weekend.
We had fun warming up withall the others who were there to walk 13 miles. Our photo’s were taken by official photographers, we felt so special,but in reality the special people are the ones battling the illness of cancer,or those that have beaten the big C.
We were split into three different groups;
· Speed Walkers
· Striders
· Strollers
You had the Speed Walkers whowere up for breaking records, and were expected to complete the course in 3-4hours then there were the striders, those who had an upbeat walk, although notas fast as those speedwalkers. The striderswere expected to complete the course in 4 – 5 hours. Finally, the strollers, as the name suggests,those who were there to complete the course at a leisurely pace and expected tofinish within 5 – 7 hours.
Stephanie and I were in the‘Striders’ group. Neither of us knewwhether we were going to complete the course in 4 – 5 hours but thought whatthe heck, we are going to go for it anyway.
The evening was hyped up byspeakers on the stage in the arena. These speakers where people who had gone through the trauma of Cancer.Some were just diagnosed with the Big C and others had lost loved ones. It was really inspirational hearing some ofthese stories. It truly makes you humbleto be alive and living a healthy life on a daily basis. I felt honoured I was able to complete my 13mile walkathon with such great people.
So then 11.30pm, we were allput into our groups and slowly headed out of the arena to music pumping outmotivation and inspiration tunes. Stephanie and I looked at each other and we knew that this was it…. NoTurning back!
It took us half an hour toget to the starting line, but when we got there it was so exciting, we hadspectators cheering us on as we started out on our epic 13 mile journey. It was a slow start at first, there were somany others all dressed in fancy dress, lighted costumes, but all were therefor the same reason…. To support the Cancer Awareness cause.
The journey took us from theIndigo 02 through North Greenwich, Bermondsey and Deptford to Tower Bridge,then back through Southwark and back tothe 02 Arena. Needless to say this tookus quite a while to complete. Along ourjourney cars tooted in support, we had by-standers applauding us as we wentpast it was a great atmosphere and the support was tremendous.
Finally after four hours and 50 minutes, Stephanie andI completed the course. Well done toboth of us and to the many others who also completed the course raising fundsfor Cancer Research. We of course wereraising £2011 which was a goal set by Stephanie herself, as 2011 was asignificant year for her, one which she struggled again for the second time tobattle with cancer and one where in June of this year she was finally given the‘all clear’.
So, we would truly begrateful if you would all share this post and if you haven’t done so already todonate what ever you can using the following link.
Colette Morris SAC Dipl. (Diet &Nutrition)
LFGC Founder
Colette Morris is a qualified Nutritionist and Herbalife Independent Distributor so if you want advice on your diet for weight loss, weight gain or sports nutrition, email LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com or simply click on the tab here to join our program.
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