Day 112.
Walking day at Edgewood County Park – 5 miles.
Today felt like we were walking around in a desktop background.  It was all rolling hills, blankets of wildflowers and blue skies dotted with fluffy white clouds.
I’ll let today’s photos do the talking…

Miles walked: 453 | Miles to go: 47
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Day 111.
Second school day at Tierra Linda Middle School in San Carlos.
I can’t praise Tierra Linda enough.
The kids are awesome.  The teachers are awesome.  The administrators are awesome.

We got the kids more involved up front and had volunteers demonstrating glucose, insulin and energy.  One kid would play insulin and the other would be a cheerio [...]

Day 110.
School day at Tierra Linda Middle School.
I forgot the power cord for my laptop at home – the laptop that we use to project our presentation during the classroom workshops…
I was blissfully unaware for the first two classes of today.  There was a standardized test in the morning, so all of the classes were [...]

Day 109.
We’re back!  We’re heading to Tierra Linda Middle School tomorrow, and then a two-week sprint to the end!
This weekend (during the extended stay at home due to a host cancellation), I sorted through all of the paperwork from the walk.  It was amazing to see the original notebooks that I carried everywhere and filled [...]

Day 102.
Walking day through Rancho San Antonio Open Space (from last Monday when we went home sick…) – 10 miles

I love, love, love the preserved open spaces in the Bay Area.  If you ever want to drool over what’s available, check out Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.
Ma and I spent last Monday exploring Rancho San Antonio. [...]

Due to cancellations by hosts, cancellations by schools, and dwindling funds, we have had to re-evaluate the remainder of the walk.
We will be:
- Culminating in San Francisco (not Sacramento)
- Walking 500 miles (rather than 750)
- Finishing May 9th (instead of June 6th)
Despite these changes and our limited resources, we are still committed to fulfilling our [...]

Day 101.
Ten miles total – 3.1 of them with the Xterra Redwood Trail Run in Oakland and then the remaining 7 along the Stevenson Creek Trail in Mountain View.
Here’s the elevation profile of today’s run:

It kicked my butt.
The first mile was awesome.  We were on a nice, wide trail through the trees and periodically we [...]

Days 98-100.
Today is the 100th day of the Walk!  I can hardly believe it.
First off, our “spring break” at home was extended thanks to a last-minute cancellation.  For once, it was a blessing to get a bit more time at home.  The week before we had another last -minute cancellation which had us scrambling for [...]

Days 93-97.
We’re on Spring Break!
Ma and I have five days at home in Northern California to rest up (…and catch up on admin work for the walk…)
I can’t tell who was more excited for us to be home, my mom or my dad.  I talk about my adventures with Ma, but none of this would [...]

Day 92.
Second school day at Fisher… and driving home for a six-day “spring break” of our own!!!
First off, last night we received a fantastic email from one of the science teachers at Fisher:
“Just so you know….the kids are talking about the diabetes stuff they learned today. all on their own. They are talking about eating [...]