How Much To Donate?

Notice I did not ask “Do I donate or not?”
Let me put it this way. No donation is too big.
When I was preparing for my second journey a friend asked me how much I thought she should donate. I replied “what is the value of a woman’s life?” She had just given birth to a baby girl. I got a nice check. Quite frankly I look at it this way. It is hard to place a price on the value of a cure for Breast Cancer. Give what you can give. Just a few suggestions. If you are a smoker (and I hope you aren’t), how bout sacrificing the cost of a carton of cigarettes for a good cause. If you eat lunch out every day, how bout brown bagging for a week and donate the cash? I don’t spend dollar bills. I throw them into a jar and after a few months you would be amazed at how much money I accumulate. This is the money I use to buy extra Girl Scout Cookies, donate extra to the Relay for Life, Heart Association, Alzheimer’s, MS and other charities. .
As I have said before, and I will say again. I do the easy part. All I have to do is place one foot in front of the other for 3 days. You do the hard part. You write a check. Survivors and their families do the hardest part.
So go to my 3 Day Site, click on Make a Donation, choose Tampa Bay, and search for Claude Bryan. Every penny you give will be spent for the fight.

GIVE TIL IT FEELS GOOD!!!!

My "New" Look

First I would like to thank my good bud for dressing up this site a bit. She is way busy these days and I appreciate her help. As you will find out, I am very technologically challenged. Maybe that is one of the reasons this walk appeals to me. I mean I can walk. It is just a matter of leaning my fat gut forward and the laws of motion take over.
Anyway, one of the things on my site now is the link to my "official" web site. I know that anyone reading this will be able to figure out how to check me out and MAKE A DONATION (remember rule number one here is that I will constantly beg for $$). However, I have noticed one thing you will need -- my real name. Here's the deal. Go to the site, click on Tampa Bay, select make a donation and search for Claude Bryan (that's me). Then donate a pot load of money.
Cold weather is making my training walks a bit challenging but every time I start feeling sorry for myself I remember the lady who passed me on my first walk on one leg. Sort of makes me feel guilty for whining about being cold and I can press on.
More stories to come as they happen (you can't wander around for hours at a time w/o discovering something).
Thanks for your support!!!!!

Choices

I have found that training is a bitch. I have also found that lack of training will kick your ass. SO walk I must. However this time of year is not really conducive to a good training schedule. It is dark when I get to work. It is dark when I get home from work. Do I walk in the morning or the evening when I could very well be run over (trust me, in my subdivision there is a good chance of that at high noon). OR do I skip the daily walks for now and just work on the weekends promising myself that in the Springtime I will catch up?
Then I think to myself. This is a very minor decision to make. At least I am not trying to decide whether I will go to or skip my radiation or chemo today. Hell, I don't even have to decide whether or not to undergo radiation or chemo!
It was rather nice walking last night. I am sure tonight will be just as nice. Taking Friday off because Saturday and Sunday walks are longer. The last thing I need is to get hurt right off the bat.