We walked about 2km this everning after a light dinner.  I did walk some at the weekend but not as much as I would have liked.  I was very good today and took left over salmon risotto to work for lunch :)

No back pain today while walking which was a definite bonus.

Weight: 95kg ( about 30kg too heavy for my frame)

Stats: Need to buy a tape measure tomorrow :)

Training: Walked 2kms this evening after dinner at a good brisk pace.  My back hurt after about ten minutes - but squatting for two minutes relieves the pain so kept going.  Need to remember a water bottle tomorrow night and a cap - it's still sunny at 7.30 at the moment.  Then played a half hour game of touch on the front lawn with Elijah and Meg.  That was more exhausting than the walk.

Five months until the event - lots of work to do

In 2008 I shaved my shoulder length hair off to raise money for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Research Trust.  I decided to do it after a conversation with my kids about the importance of standing up for what you believe in.  Having just told them that if they believed strongly enough in something they should be prepared to take action for it, they promptly asked what I was prepared to stand up for.  In 2007 I had written two articles for Annah Stretton's PINK magazine about Herceptin and had been moved by not only the women I'd interviewed but by the people campaigning for the drug to be subsidised in New Zealand: from oncologists to politicians to lawyers to housewives.  I thought about it for a while then found myself saying I was prepared to shave my head to raise money for research to find a cure. The kids - unsurprisingly - were horrified.  They had coped when I had collected money for Pink Ribbon Day dressed as a pink fairy but a bald pink fairy?  Anyway I did it - hoping to raise $200 - in the end we raised over $2,000.