I’m still looking for sponsors for my walk on the 5th of June – can you help? Just click the badge and you’ll go right to my page. Countdown To Race Day (5 km) Thanks so much!  Both I and the kids benefitting from your donations greatly appreciate your generosity! So I’ve completed my first week of “The Lord’s Table” and...

So, coming up to race day (next Saturday) I’m challenging myself to reach a personal best speed.  So far, my personal best is 35 minutes and 21 seconds for a 5k.  It would be cool to get it down to 30 minutes, but that would be a 6 minute kilometer and today’s pace was 7.22.  I have a ways to go! I’ve been using Podrunner’s free walking...

I’ve been overweight the whole of my adult life. Never hugely obese, but always struggling with that extra 30-40 pounds that need to come off! Even at the height of marathon training, walking 70+ kilometers a week didn’t change that fact. I’ve done the yo-yo thing, the “change your lifestyle” thing, and even created something that...

Hello all! As some of you may – or may not know – I walked my first marathon last October. I took a ridiculously short amount of time to train, and while I succeeded, it nearly did me in! I want to do another marathon, but take loooooots of time this time to do it well. I decided to start right back at the beginning. For the past two months I’ve...

Here’s another “Amazing Walker” story – truly inspirational (I say just after I chickened out for my walk because it’s raining . . .) First, a confession: I stole this word for word from the “WoW Power Walking” blog, dated Wednesday, June 10. Johnny Rowe Marathon Walker Been walking much lately? How about 3,200 kilometres?...