drinketh thy water (and electrolyte replacement) and eateth thy snacks!

What a phenomenal walking weekend! Saturday's 3 Day Expo walk was tremendous with close to 300 walkers participating. The route took us up the 160 Moraga mosaic stairs, up 200+ more stairs to Grand View Park/Turtle Hill, out through Golden Gate Park , along Ocean Beach and finishing with a slow and steady climb up Noriega - 24 blocks over 1.5 miles with 252 ft elevation gain! - back to Lincoln High School .

Many, many Hottie thanks to:
Andrea - for bringing snacks/hydration, enlisting your niece Donielle to help out, printing extra maps & helping me mark the route on Friday night
Donielle - for volunteering your Saturday morning to be at Ocean Beach to greet the walkers with your pretty smile!
Eric - for being the best security blanket route support (and for being a good sport when the walker barfed in your car)
Jim/Elena - for being at the first break with the snacks, hydration and your puppies
Tamara - for her always superior moto support on the route being right where the walkers need you most with a word of encouragement
Meg/Laurie - for buying me a megaphone & bringing the extra table (and coffee!)
Sandy - for shopping and making 300 of the ever popular Snak Paks with me on Thursday!
All the hottie walk ambassadors/volunteers - for helping keep all the walkers on the route, answering questions and spreading our hottie spirit!

On Sunday we walked exactly 16.00 miles, per GPS, on eXtreme hills on the most challenging route I have put together through 15 neighborhoods in the city - Presidio Heights, Laurel Heights, Jordan Park, Lone Mountain, Panhandle, Inner Sunset, Mount Sutro, Clarendon Heights, Laguna Honda, Midtown Terrace, Merced Manor, St. Francis Wood, Diamond Heights & Upper Market! That, my hottie friends, is a Walk with a capital W! We passed the Central Pump Station at Merced Manor Reservoir and there was a quote on the building that said something about "drinketh thy water" and I thought... that makes a great hottie motto! "Drinketh thy water (and electrolyte replacement) and eateth thy snacks."

* Avon Walk Rehearsal Weekend is next weekend! Please RSVP
Saturday 6/14: 12, 17, 20 or 22 miles. It will be a 12 mile loop, break for lunch back at the Warming Hut (pack sack lunches) and then a 10 mile loop with cut off points on the second loop. We will have route support for the second loop.
Sunday 6/15: 13 mile day

WE WANT YOU! You are cordially invited to join the Warming Hut Hottie Team for the Avon Walk or the 3 Day:
Unlike many college courses there are no prerequisites except having the heart of a hottie!
For the Avon Walk. Email Juliana, the teams coordinator at teams.sanfrancisco@avonwalk.org to be added to the team.
For the 3 Day: Call 800.996.3DAY or email bayareacoaches@the3day.org to be added to the team.

Upcoming Walks - as always PLEASE RSVP see website for details.

Hope to see you out on the road with us soon & enjoy this great weather,
Linda