Because Palotta, the company that put their walks together, went bankrupt last year, Avon will be running the walks themselves with a slightly different format. Previously, it would start, for example, in Santa Clara county and the walkers would end up in San Francisco near the Golden Gate Bridge. This would happen over a period of three days with camp-overs at night.

The way I understand it to be this year is the walkers will begin and end in the same location over a period of one night. They will have the same camping experience, but there will be less mileage to cover. Also, walkers now have the option of only walking one day. The total mileage is a marathon length and a half. So, you can either walk the marathon on Saturday, or go the extra half on Sunday as well.

These are amazing women walking these fundraisers and each and everyone of them should be praised. I'm very proud of my mother (left) who will be attending her fourth, walking her third, this year!