Avon Walk Weekly Update
It’s time again for my weekly Avon Walk update. If you’d like to see my full training calendar, check it out here or on the left sidebar of my blog.
Thoughts on training: This was a slow week of training due to the rain. I know I should be training in it, but I just can’t walk around in wet socks and shoes.
Along those lines, I’ve decided that instead of bringing two pairs of tennis shoes, I’m going to bring my tennis shoes and a pair of sandals. That way if it rains, I can wear the sandals or if my toes start cramping up, I can throw on my sandals. And they won’t be very big or heavy to carry in my bag.
My friend A and I also decided that we’re not going to tent this time around. It was going to be a big hassle to bring camping gear plus stuff for a week long vacation halfway across the country. On top of that, she has a business trip starting the Monday after the walk, so she’s going to have a lot more stuff to bring than I will. By not tenting, we also don’t have to check out of the hotel early Saturday morning and back in Sunday. Plus we’ll be able to take a real shower and sleep in a real bed Saturday night. I’m pretty happy with our decision.
Thoughts on fundraising: I got a huge boost this week from some GE matching gifts, so I have surpassed my original goal of $2,500 this week!
Miles walked last week: 0
Minutes doing cardio: 0
Minutes doing cross training or weight lifting: 0
Total $$ raised: $2,764
Thanks to everyone who has donated so far! If you’d like to donate to support my walk, you can make a donation on my Avon Walk page.
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I can’t decide which of those last 3 to try first…but I think I’m going with the Snickerdoodle Blondies. My husband and I are both nuts for snickerdoodles!
I adore anything pumpkin and the pumpkin spice brownies look wonderful!
I’ve tried the Almost Candy Bars but that’s it. I must try the others!
I have wanted to try all these! Especially the ice cream bars. Yum!
yum. yum. yum. and yum! love those ice cream bar thingys!
I am the cook in our family, my daughter the baker – I’ll have to show her this post – thanks for the recap!
I love “best of” posts. Every one of these goodies looks amazing!
oh my gosh, they all look amazing!
Ok, I’ll take one of each please! And could you please share your secret on cutting those perfect bars?! Mine always have crumbs coming off the edge, or part of it sticks to the knife and leaves a big hole in the bar!
Melissa – I always chill the brownies completely. Usually in the fridge. I find that helps. I also use a pastry cutter to cut them.
Thank you so much! I am even more impressed knowing that you can wait until these goodies are completely chilled before cutting into them. 🙂 I think that scraper needs to go on my Christmas list!