Hot Hot Hot!

Instead of taking a picture on my walk today ... I took this picture of what I came home to:

Ah ... there's nothing like a "welcome back mom" greeting from JH!

I just HAD to give him a scritch or two.

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I got out later than I wanted to this morning ... so I cut my walk short.  Let's call it 4 miles, ok?  It's getting hot ... but the cooldana and water bottle kept me reasonably cool.

Boston walkers had to cut day 1 short yesterday.  Some women who train with Burt's Babes and are doing the Boston walk said that a lot of walkers went to the hospital ... some left the event ... but most stayed on and are walking today.

Here's a video of a cheering station in Wellesley neighbor of Natick, my hometown.

I'm so proud of these walkers.

20 miles a day is NOT easy ... and in this heat ... it's doubly difficult!

I bet they're thinking, though, "not as difficult as a diagnosis of breast cancer!"

As one walker said "We walk because we can."