Did I mention that Cheryl lost her toenail at pit stop 3? It was very traumatic. We had to stop for Dove bars at the gas station to feel better about this blow to our team! We knew we were getting close - we had seen the sign that said only 1 mile remained. Of course, was it a real mile, or a breast cancer mile? As we walked through the last neighborhood, folks came out to cheer us on, and told us we only had 6 more blocks…4 more blocks…finally we were back on the main road and we could see Chris waiting for us.
We got up to the corner of Villanova University and could see our family and friends waiting across the street for us. Our cousins had come over from New Jersey to see us, and Jeff, aka team husband, was waiting with roses for all of us, and more importantly, FLIP FLOPS for all of us! We walked the home stretch and went into the holding area. We were scanned one last time, and grabbed our free t-shirts, and settled into a shady spot. It felt sooooo good to take off my sneakers and socks. I was able to grab one of the foot massager thingies at the La Croix tent, and I had all the pain vibrated away. Finally the last walkers were coming in, so we stood and cheered them on. Then it was time to line up, because we were going to closing ceremonies.
