Everybody Stretch!!

Monday February 12th

It was another cold night in Burlington but we still had a great turnout. Even the cold will not stop these folks from walking!

Tonight we had a guest speaker - Julie R. Julie is a registered massage therapist and came out to talk to our group about stretching. We learned why and when we should be stretching and what stretches are important to us a walkers. These stretches are extremely important to us especially as the mileage builds up. We want to stay injury free!

Here are a few pictures from the stretching portion of the evening.

See you next week!

- Julie

Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!

The final cheques from our Bald Boob Night were posted to our site today!

As of today the 2 Boobs have raised.....

$ 13,956.24!!!

We can't thank everyone enough for their emotional and financial support. On paper we look like a team of two....but we are actually a team of many! Thank you for being one of them!!

This money is for Breast Cancer Research at the Princess Margaret Hospital and for their survivorship program. We are going to find a cure!

Julie and Jennifer

Monday Night Walking in Burlington

Well, here is the latest picture of Julie and Jennifer. The hair is growing back!! It has only been 3 weeks and we are quite pleased with the progress.

Jennifer and I decided we wanted to do as much as we can for the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. We took on the role of walking leaders in the Oakville/Burlington area.

We had another successful night of walking! The windchill of -17 didn't deter this group. Thirteen walkers showed up and we covered a 6K route. It was a beautiful evening to be out and enjoy the crisp fresh air.

I hope the two veterans of the group - Michelle and Kelly - enjoyed this new route. They have been walking with us since we started and we really enjoy their company on our walks!! We will be continuing to switch our routes every 2 weeks to keep things interesting.

Next week we are going to start our mini clinic talks. The first talk will be on shoes, socks and body glide! Doesn't that sound a little interesting!

On February 12th, we will have Julie ( a different Julie!) who is an Registered Massage Therapist come in and show us a wide range of stretches for walkers that we can use after each walk and mid way through long walks!

Keep coming back and see what is new - post your comments - we love to read them! Your support has been amazing as we continue our journey.

- Julie

2 Boobs are Bald!!!

Tonight was amazing!! Words are not enough to explain how grateful we are to everyone who came out to support us and watch us loose our hair!!

So many people made tonight possible. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful families and friends.

We would like to share some pictures with you of the event and we would love for you to post your comments.

We will post the total raised as soon as we have them. We think it was about $6,000.00!!!! This will put our team total to about $11,000.00 - or more!!! This is amazing! We couldn't have done it without YOU!

The largest donation came from ZENON Environmental Donations Committee. Duncan and Jenny represented ZENON and made the first cut on each of us.

Then there was no stopping everyone from coming up and cutting a lock of hair. I loved looking out and seeing my family and friends there. Every time my eyes moved there were familiar faces. It was really something to experience.

Enjoy the pictures and there will be more....this body just needs some sleep!! (or another strawberry daiquiri!!)

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Jennifer's hiding!!

Stephanie and Janine work on getting Julie ready!

Jennifer and her Mom!!

What lovely locks!!

Julie and her Dad!

Joanne emceed the event - a remarkable and inspirational woman!

Duncan makes the first cut on Julie's hair!

Jenny cuts Jennifer's first braid!

Jennifer and her Dad

Oh My!!

Jenn shows the article about us in the Burlington Post as Rash snips a lock!

Angus snips a lock from Jenn

Gang cilpping!! Rick and Angus snip away!

Janine and Linda add the final touches...

Strength in friendship

We're in this TOGETHER!!

Joanne and Julie

Jennifer and Linda

Mary Ellen - always there - so much work behind the scenes!!

Tina and Seema handled all donations!!

All that was left...

1 more sleep...

Well, this is the last full day with my hair. Hmmm...considering I was running late this morning I don't know if it will be a bad thing. No more hair dryers or curling irons (yes, believe it or not this "do" is from a curling iron. by 9:10am you can't tell any more. :) But the effort is there.



Jennifer and I went to the Burlington Post about a week ago to have our pictures taken to promo the event. It hasn't run yet so it may not but I thought you might be interested in laughing at our picture. We are supposed to be worried about losing our hair and tying in the 2 day 60K walk we are participating in - but I think we just found the whole experience funny. Hence the laughter. Now you can laugh at us or with us but laugh!!

Tomorrow night the head shaving will be held at the Burlington Running Room.

Here are the details:

The 2 Boobs go Bald!!!

Date: Wednesday January 10th, 2007
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: The Running Room
Unit 6C, Cumberland Square
3300 Fairview Street

Stephanie Cox, the manager of the Burlington Running Room and her staff have been wonderful and so helpful for this event. It is run club night so there will be a lot of runners there. We will hopefully have our head cut/shaved and finished by 7:30. Those runners WANT to run. For that night I am passing on the running and I am going drinking. We will be heading over to Jack Astors afterwards for some adult beverages and fun.

Joanne Shields, of Jo's Runners, will be the Emcee for the event. Joanne is an amazing woman and she has an incredible story herself. She is truly an inspiration to many.

Linda and Janine will be there to braid our hair and get us ready for the scissors!

Melissa, from the Weekend to End Breast Cancer will be on hand as well. She will be bringing a promotional video of the 2007 Walk. We can watch it once the runners head out for their run. Jennifer and I had the privilege of seeing this at our orientation and it is a phenomenal and emotional video.

I think we are all ready to go and if people have their donations and can bring a friend who might want to donate too - this event will be very successful. That is our purpose - to raise LOTS of money for the Princess Margaret Hospital.

I am very lucky to have the support I do. Everyone has been wonderful. I have been asked if I am nervous by many. I am not really nervous about having my head shaved...I am more nervous with people's reactions. But if people stop me to ask they will have to hear about the Weekend to End Breast Cancer and my fundraising efforts. It will bring awareness and the much needed funds for research.

I am proud to have the choice to do this and be a part of this amazing event with a wonderful friend - Jennifer.

Thank you all for your support and I hope to see you tomorrow night...bring your checkbooks, cash or credit cards!!!!

- Julie

My friend Janine called me and suggested I have fun with the last few day with my hair. She suggested I put some pink hi-lights in. I am willing to take a risk at some things, but I guess I am pretty much just conservative when it comes to my hair. I was pretty hesitant but I finally decided to go for it.

What did I have to loose??? I trust Janine and so I thought....why not???

Janine, Julie and Megan

So off I went to Janine's salon - Dolly Mixture For Hair in Streetsville with so much apprehension but also a sense of adventure.

I am sitting in the chair wondering to myself....what have I agreed to do. Megan was putting in the colour and as it was being applied it looked like a WICKED HOT PINK. My stomach started to turn again. It has actually done many flips over that last week. As the days are counting down it seems to be turning more. Go figure.

After the colour was applied - I had 30 minutes of contemplation. During the training of my first marathon we learned about the "Gerbil". Well, I NEVER had any problems with the gerbil during any of my training or running of my marathons BUT the little guy escaped today. I must be crazy to be shaving my head and what have I done today with this HOT PINK were the two most prominent things in my mind. Then I coerced that little gerbil to the corner and reminded him who the boss was. I was doing this for a good cause and everything was going to be alright. I have already managed to raise a lot of money for The Princess Margaret Hospital and I was going to continue to do so........

Okay - back on track.

Foils are coming out...hair is being washed and.....hey - not to bad. Kinda funky and fun.

Everyone was really kind and said it looked good and fun and that I should be proud of what I was doing.

And just in case you can't tell from the pictures...yes, my hair matched my shirt....which by the way matches my car. Oh my.

Yes, the hair does match the jacket

- Julie

Weekend to End Breast Cancer - taking the challenge

Jennifer and I decided to participate in the 2007 Weekend to End Breast Cancer.

We were up for the challenge of the 2-day 60K walk but were nervous about raising our minimum $2,000.00. Our walking coaches - the wonderful people on the other end of the phone and our e-mails encouraged us to just ask. They told us people will give.

They were right. People have been wonderful in their support of our endeavour.

We have decided to have various events between now and the walk in September to raise our money.

It would be amazing if we could come close to $10,000.00 total.

This will be our blog of our progress and we hope you enjoy reading it and coming back to visit us regularly.

Jennifer and Julie