Thanks for the encouragement.

I am now in the process of measuring distances on local walking paths using my trike's odometer, so that I can train by walking those distances and further. It's only been a couple of days, but I've already come up with a training schedule, recruited a training partner (that wasn't hard, and no, it's not Rufus. Rufus is helping me measure the shorter distances, though!) Today, I stocked up on Gatorade. You know, as far as fasting goes . . . at least MY fast, I figured that I could save A LOT of money just by foregoing expensive drinks and sodas, like iced tea-even Thai iced tea, my favorite-and Starbucks. That adds up to a lot of money I can give to people who need it. There are so many little things we can do for other if we will just avoid indulging ourselves with unnecessary luxuries.