It is 2 weeks later and I am just getting to report back on the 10k Classic Balance Walking Event on Sept 7, 09. Balance Walkers are discovering how much fun and how easy it is to learn. The benefits for health & fitness are just too simple to pass up.

The day of the event has come and gone, but I would like to thank all the volunteers on Hwy US 41 for 6.2 miles of long successive hills handing water out and cheering. Not to forget to also mention that these hills were near to a mile in length. The weather was perfect. And those in the Balance Walking Division were so scattered throughout the Walking Division ( which at this event is beginning to out grow the Running Division ) you might pass someone from time to time with poles.

Most of the time you were keeping your head up as you weaved in and out of those in the Walking Division, passing all the walkers who were moving slower. Most everyone we passed would glance at my daughter who is 8 and they would say as she poled right by them, “way to go honey”. My daughter usually responded with a smile and “thank you and you need to get some poles from my Dad @ Foot Solutions.” What a trooper.