During the Walk, walkers carry illuminated balloons in three colors: white balloons are carried by survivors; red balloons by supporters; gold ones are carried by walkers who are walking in memory of loved ones lost to cancer. As you can see I was walking with a gold one. My gold balloon was in memory of Josh Knoblock, husband of my friend Rina. Josh lost his battle last year on October 21, 2011. The first season that I did Team In Training, I met Rina and her husband Josh. Rina was running for him as he was undergoing his chemo at the time. She completed the Nike Women's Half Marathon in 2010 in honor of him.
Last year, only a few days after Nike Women's 2011, Josh sadly lost his blood cancer battle. This year, Rina is running in memory of Josh and will again do the Nike Women's Half Marathon. She is doing it as part of her healing process, to give back and help raise valuable funds so that we can find cures!!!
Many of you have played an important role in helping "Team Strom" go above and beyond our goals and we thank you. For those of you who haven't quite jumped on the bandwagon yet, please take a moment to CLICK HERE and visit my friend Rina's fundraising website. Read her stories, view photos and consider helping her reach her personal goal. Thank you. A few photos from the walk are below, simply click on them to enlarge them.
Travis & I with Tony & Julie. The stickers on my legs represented my walk in honor of personal honorees Tony & Steve M., and Team Fury honorees. I also had a sticker for Rina's husband Josh as well as my "in memory" balloon for him.
A beautiful rainbow appeared right before the walk (ended up being a full double rainbow).
A shot that I captured during the walk in downtown Milwaukee.
