Creep Becky here, guest blogging for Matt…
The Creeps/Broads, in conjunction with the Goodman and Logelin families, are excited to announce the first “Walk around the World” in honor of Liz, to be held Sunday, September 21st at 1:00 pm in your designated time zone.
Here’s the scoop. As many of you know, Liz’s birthday is September 17th. To honor, remember and celebrate her, there will be a walk/run/crawl/any sort of forward movement the weekend closest to her birthday each year. In the future, it will become the Liz Goodman Logelin Memorial 5k Walk/Run. For the first year, it will be an informal gathering of friends, strangers, robots, creeps and broads. We hope to see this event grow bigger and bigger with each successive year.
At 1:00 pm, we invite you to gather your friends and family wherever you are and walk together. You’re encouraged to wear pink - Liz loved pink - or your new Matt-inspired shirts. Here’s how this becomes a “Walk Around the World: If everyone walks at their respective 1:00 pm, and we get at least one person in every time zone, it creates the effect of 24 hours of walking for Liz. Pretty fucking cool, right?
A Flickr site has been set up for this event. Take pictures walking wherever you are and upload them to the Flickr site so that everyone can see the worldwide participation. Click here for information on submitting your photos. In addition, a Paypal account will be set up (details to follow shortly) and you can make an optional $7 donation that will go to both Matt/Madeline and other young widows/widowers in need.
Should you reside in the MN and care to join the Creeps/Broads/Logelins/Goodmans (including Matt and Madeline), we will be at Lake Calhoun at 1:00 pm beginning in the area with the volleyball courts on the west side of the lake near West 36th Street. Just look for the man-sized Baby Bjorn, as Matt said his first 10k did him in and he’ll be looking to get carried for this gathering!
Questions? Leave them in the comments section and someone will answer them.
Hope to see you on the 21st!
Creep Becky
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first?
um…thanks to the creeps for organizing this.
what a great tribute to
liz.
i hope to see a lot of photos in that flickr group…
matt
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:12 pm ¶Never been more proud to be called a creep than I am right now - I cannot WAIT for this event…and Matt - I hope you don’t mind hoping out of that man sized baby bjorn for a bit if I need some help doing the whole 5k…
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:22 pm ¶A great tribute! We will be walking (my baby’s 1st birthday) in the Eastern time zone!
My prayers are with you, Matt.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:23 pm ¶What a wonderful way to honor Liz. I will be walk/running for sure.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:25 pm ¶We’re in! We are in CO!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:30 pm ¶Thanks, Becky!! I hope you have a great turnout in the MN! We’ll be sweating it out in the TX.
If anyone is in the Houston area and wants to join the group, click on my name and contact me through my blog.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:32 pm ¶Wow! This is a really cool idea - I think I’ll try to make it to Calhoun with my daughter (who I have affectionately called Ro-bot for many many years).
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:33 pm ¶Awesome! Go Creeps!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:34 pm ¶What a cool idea! Count me in at the Lake Calhoun.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:35 pm ¶Way to go on firsties Matt!!
Ditto Darcie… SO proud be a part of this amazing, awesome Creepy group!
So, SO excited for the first LGLM5K. How freakin’ awesome??
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:42 pm ¶Holy crap. This is awesome-beyond-all-imagining on so fucking many levels I don’t even know where to begin. I live right by Lake Harriet — please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help before or on the day.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:44 pm ¶Wonderful idea! I’ll definitely be participating.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:50 pm ¶GREAT PLAN.
THANKS CREEPS/BROADS….SEE YA THERE!!!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:55 pm ¶Becky is my lover…. Sorry Marissa, I still love your boobies the best!
Creepy Christa, looking forward to participating here in Cali!
We are pretty cool for mean girls…
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:57 pm ¶Crazy ironic that you’re doing this - which is awesome by the way…but i have NEVER ran a race for time before and I am running a 5K on September 21 in my community. I will be thinking of the Logelin’s all day.
What an awesome thing to do!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 2:58 pm ¶what an awesome idea!! i’ll be running/walking around the streets of milwaukee! can’t wait to see everyone’s photos!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:00 pm ¶What a fabulous idea! I’m guessing we Aussies will be walking first! YEAH!! My daughters and I walk the Mothers Day Classic every year and I also do the Relay for Life, doesn’t mean I like walking though!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:01 pm ¶fucking awesome, matt. no one desires firsties more…
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:02 pm ¶Long time reader….We’ll be there at Lake Calhoun. Unless it rains then we’ll be at our house indoors.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:03 pm ¶I’ll be walking in ALASKA. And…we have our very own time zone. : )
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:07 pm ¶I’ll be walking for Liz in Idaho!!!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:11 pm ¶I’m in here in Phoenix! Wait, how will I know when I’ve walked 5K? I’m going to eyeball it.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:12 pm ¶We’ll be walking in the Seattle area. I am thinking Green Lake. Awesome idea.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:12 pm ¶Way to go, Becks! Thanks for making it all “official.”
But curse Matt and his first!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:15 pm ¶I’m totally going to be at Calhoun. I’m a little worried that a fight might break out, though, over who gets to hold Madeline the longest…
Thank goodness walking is acceptable, as I don’t think I can run that far. Though if Matt can do a 10k, I guess I should believe in miracles..
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:16 pm ¶What an awesome thing…I wish I didn’t live 9 hours away in Michigan! Oh well I will do it here with some other ladies!! I better start working out … : )
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:18 pm ¶I knew Liz’s 31st birthday was coming up as we share our birth month. What a fan-fucking-tastic tribute to a lady who’s missed by so many people she never even knew. Kudos to the Creeps.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:19 pm ¶@ Martini - Drink 5 martini’s very slowly, then you’ll be done. Please post pics of that too! Thanks.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:19 pm ¶this is such a great idea. hopefully if i’m around i will definitely participate
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:20 pm ¶We’ll be walking here in the suburbs of NYC!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:24 pm ¶I am already walking in the Break the Silence Ovarian Cancer walk that day but will be thinking of you guys all day!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:26 pm ¶@C - where ya walkin?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:30 pm ¶The Burke Family will be Creeps on the 21st! I am afraid we have some little legs that may not be up to the whole 5K!
We will walk for Liz, Matt and Maddie…
Thanks.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:31 pm ¶The Burke Family will be Creeps on the 21st! I am afraid we have some little legs that may not be up to the whole 5K!
We will walk for Liz, Matt and Maddie…
Thanks.
Oh, I forgot - we are in the Eastern Timezone
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:31 pm ¶What an awesome tribute! I love it and I especially love all the symbolism going behind it!
I will most definitely be walking here in SoCal!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:31 pm ¶great post becky!!! i 2nd darcie’s comment. i have never been more proud to be a creep than i am right now. i am so excited for this! can’t wait to see all the pink/robot filled pics everyone takes!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:35 pm ¶Anyone from the bay area who wants to walk (south bay or east bay preferred) please send a shout out to marsha_garsha@yahoo.com. I’m totally there!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:38 pm ¶I will try to make it. Live near Lake Calhoun and walk it often, I’d be happy to do it for this cause! Need to look at our schedule to make sure we don’t have other plans.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:38 pm ¶Right on to the MN peeps! Glad you’ll be joining in. Looking forward to seeing all the photos.
Signed,
Jealous in SoCal
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:39 pm ¶Totally in! If anyone in the Orlando area would like to join me contact me through my blog as well! See you all on the 21st!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:43 pm ¶i am willing to miss football for this. i love you bitches and will send pictures of me walking through downtown savannah. great job to all the working creepsters who put this together - you know who you are - and i do too - and we all know who it’s for - and that’s all that matters.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:46 pm ¶does anyone want to organize a walk in philadelphia? i’d be totally in. i’m a pro photog and would absolutely 100% document the whole thing for the flickr!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:48 pm ¶ooh. absolutely. love. it.
i will do it here in the oahu. (which also has our own time zone!)
yayer.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:49 pm ¶I will be walking in the LGLM5K from London UK!!!! My thoughts and prayers are with you!!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:51 pm ¶Asalamalaykom,
Well, I had to convert…lol…so 5K converts into 3.1 miles. Lake Calhoun is exactly 3.1 for walks and runners (3.2 for bikers and skaters).
I walked 2.6 miles at one go this morning and it took about 25 minutes at a pretty brisk pace (oh and I was pushing Mr. Boo’s stroller for his first day of preschool). I guess if I can do that, I can do this, inshahallah. I’ll be the one in hejab.
This tells how to RUN 5K:
http://www.ehow.com/how_10624_train-run-first.html
but I’ll probably stick to walking…or crawling.
Great idea from great minds for a great lady.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:53 pm ¶I will be walking and posting pics from London UK!!!!!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 3:53 pm ¶I’ll be walking from Spokane, WA. Well, Liberty Lake to be exact since it will be a work day.
Any logelin fans from liberty lake wanna hook up? For the walking I mean? lol
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:03 pm ¶Great idea, can not wait to see all the photos.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:03 pm ¶Damn, I hope my neck isnt still blown out then. Can I get my therapist to take a pic on the traction bed? If I am not walking (except for car to chair, car to couch) by then, I will think of something.
Gimps for Liz!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:04 pm ¶I’ll be walking in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! I will try to find people to walk with me, but regardless I’M DOING IT!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:08 pm ¶A near miss again as I will be in Hinckley that weekend! Now, if something comes up, or the hubby has to work, then all bets are off and I would be able to join you at Lake Calhoun. But you can bet I will walk for Liz at 1pm, no matter where I am…
Matt, how long will you be in town?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:11 pm ¶Totally in. What a great way to honor Liz, Matt, and Madeline.
This is perfect timing, as I’m training for the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. Which is pink overload….I will definitely be sporting it. So…awesome on many levels.
Anyone in the Atlanta area want to walk? You can contact me through my blog. I’m thinking the Silver Comet trail…
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:16 pm ¶Will be walking about 4 miles that Sunday while visiting the Central Coast of California. I’ll round up and call it a 5K.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:26 pm ¶I’ll definitely be walking/running for Liz that day in Chi-town! And I will wear pink and will wave to anyone else wearing pink
Great tribute to Liz!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:29 pm ¶I’ll be doing a loop of central park. It’s 6 miles but i’m happy to do a little extra for M&M. 9/17 is my dad’s b-day i’ll toast to Liz at our dinner that night.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:38 pm ¶seriously? is this the coolest thing i’ve ever seen or what? omg. that is soo awesome! i can only imagine the turnout…kick ASS!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 4:58 pm ¶ya know I have one daughter born September 17th and one born March 24th?
I will be walking here- coastal B.C Canada.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:16 pm ¶I’ll be on vacation in DC so I will certainly be walking somewhere. Go creeps & broads!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:21 pm ¶Would love to take part and bring the Australian Eastern Standard Timezone into the fold.
Anyone in/ near Melbourne, Australia who would like to get together and walk on the 21st? Spring is here so it’s a gorgeous time to get out and get some fresh air! Just so you know, I don’t do running.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:22 pm ¶My Hubby and I will be out of town but I will find a treadmill at my hotel and run 3.1 miles on that fucking thing at 1pm! Maybe I can convince my husband to take a picture of me holding on for dear life…he thinks I am crazy already - why not confirm it! I do not own anything pink but will my sweaty face count? Creeps rock!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:23 pm ¶This is awesome!! Are there any DC/MD/VA/PA creeps walking/crawling?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:25 pm ¶Long time
stalkerreader, first time poster. I’ll be walking in the Springfield (SGF), MO for Liz!…and I just have to say..the picture of Madeline in the Elvis glasses about made me pass out from laughter. (I’m sure my dogs think I’m bat-shit crazy after that one.)
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:46 pm ¶We will walk for Liz here in BC.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:47 pm ¶I will be walking for Liz in Portland, Maine
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:47 pm ¶Hey Los Angeles area creeps, where should we walk? We could gather at the Rose Bowl, if UCLA isn’t playing. Or we could go one step better and maybe hit one of the beaches around here.
@K8 in the Northridge, do you still have the L.A. creeps mailing list?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:48 pm ¶Matt-Firsties? Awesome…
@ fellow Creeps. The Creeps are my Peeps! I am so proud to be Creepy. I only wish that I DIDNT LIVE SO FUCKING FAR AWAY!! I will be doing my walk that day, but in my heart I will be with all of you in MN. Next year baby…I’m definitely going to be there. Fuck, I soooo wanted a pic with the Robot, too….
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 5:53 pm ¶Coming out of lurker mode to say 2 things - this is awesome and I will be walking in the Savannah, GA with my 2 young daughters (age 10 months and 4 years). Very much looking forward to being a part of this.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:02 pm ¶Hello from the ATL (or slightly below it anyway). I’m going to try to get a group together for ATL or possibly we should organize one big frackin’ one. More the merrier. Sarah from the ATL count me in!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:06 pm ¶I’ll be walking in West Des Moines, IA. If anyone wants to join me…
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:07 pm ¶Hey Matt, what a great idea about the robot from Maureen from PA… you ARE going to bring the robot, right?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:11 pm ¶creepspeople can take turns carrying it or bring an extra stroller and take turns pushing it around the lake! As if all the people in pink aren’t going to generate enough looks!These boots are made for walking,
and that’s just what they’ll do…
on Sept. 21 in the U.S. Central Time Zone.
- Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:13 pm ¶I have been a lurker forever, but just wanted you to know that there is now a following of military wives in South Korea, so you can count us in for walking all the way from Korea!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:15 pm ¶Thanks for the motivation - I will be running in the Chicagoland area!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:16 pm ¶I’m so in. I will be walking/running here in Ontario Canada with my seven year old who loves to run.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:19 pm ¶Such a wonderful idea! See you at Calhoun!! I also live in the MPLS so let me know if you need any help on Sunday!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:25 pm ¶AJ
‘da Creeps be my bitches! We rock socks and Matt’s “first” made my night.
I’ll not only be walking in Michigan & wearing pink, but I’ll be debuting the new juglets too.
I don’t know if Liz was a boob gal but I’d like to think she was…don’t bust my bubble if she wasn’t though, k?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:33 pm ¶Anyone keeping track of just how WORLD WIDE this thing is going to be? Matt - you are a world traveler - can you and AJ develop some sort of world map with a dot for all of your walkers…
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:41 pm ¶or something??
I will be working but I walk alot when I work. I will be thinking of you all. If I can get out early I will try to get the the Calhoun to meet you Matt and Madeline! I will wear my shirt with pride that day!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:42 pm ¶Anyone in the Nashville area want to walk with me? Elove1121@gmail.com
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:42 pm ¶We’ll be walking in the STL. If you’re in the STL, let me know! The plan is to walk at Kirkwood Park. lindseywulfing@gmail.com
Cheers for Liz!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:42 pm ¶central texas anyone? anyone? bueller?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:44 pm ¶Way cool count me in. I’ll be walking with BriBedell she’s my daughter and we have our own little madilyn we share.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:46 pm ¶We shall be walking with a big wave from the mitten state of Michigan.
I will be walking/running for Liz here in Ohio. Can’t wait.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:46 pm ¶Ill be in the Cincinnati walking and taking some photos! Can’t wait and what a great idea!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:47 pm ¶Very nice. I’ll be walking in the same time zone, different state.
Wonder if I can put a rush order on the
New Balance shoes (pink ‘n black) I was
looking at earlier today.
Peace, joy, love…
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:48 pm ¶lk
Totally walking in NC!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:49 pm ¶awesome post becky!!
you creepy ladies fucking rock! i never thought i would be, but i am so damn proud to be a creep.
@marissa: holy shit you made me laugh about your new “juglets” and don’t “bust” my bubble. and by the way, i am completely jealous.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:49 pm ¶You all rock! Be sure to include your city/state/timezone with your Flickr pics. It will be so fucking awesome to see how many states/countries/continents we have walking on the 21st. I shouldn’t be surprised by this outpouring of support but I’m in awe of it nonetheless.
@Amy from the Ville: I definitely want to see the hotel treadmill picture! You’d be a front runner for the creativity award!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:52 pm ¶Hey I’m doing the Iron Girl Duathalon that morning AND my biking shirt happens to be pink. I may be too sore to walk at 1pm though - but will be thinking of Liz that morning.
I love number stuff and just thought I’d point out 7+7+7 = 21 - so what an appropriate day to do this!
- Kay
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 6:53 pm ¶@L.A. dwellers: I’ve set up a discussion area on the Liz Logelin Walk/Run flickr page! Go here and discuss!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/lizlogelin5k/
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 7:00 pm ¶So proud to be a creep. Way to go girls. This is going to be just awesome. And all for Liz. I’ll be there. Ready to run. Thinking of that “Liz sized smile” all the way to the finish.
Kay — Iron Girl Duathalon — yeah!!! that’s my goal next year! (and we creeps did figure out the number thing 7+7+7 = 21) too cool huh?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 7:04 pm ¶What an awesome way to honor Liz.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm ¶This is awesome! Looking forward to walking for Liz at Lake Calhoun.
Kickass!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 7:25 pm ¶cooollll!!!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 7:29 pm ¶I’ll be walking for Liz in Durham, NC!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm ¶This is WAY awesome!
I’ll be walking in Pensacola if anyone wants to join me.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 7:49 pm ¶Too f’ing cool. I’ll be walking at Calhoun as well! Can’t wait to meet the creeps! Fabulous idea ladies. Maybe i can be a ‘creep-in-training’.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 7:57 pm ¶I’m a lurker & first poster…. I cannot wait to run on Sept. 21st in Las Vegas. Pink it is! I’ll be running a little further than a 5k but will send loads of positive energy to Matt & Madeline. My DH is a 9/17 baby as well.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 8:14 pm ¶TK from FL
Umm, I don’t run unless there is a serious emegency (and I mean serious) but we will definitely be walking here in the NE for Liz! You creepy ladies are pretty awesome. Matt is lucky to have you
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 8:24 pm ¶Yay Creeps!
Please keep me in the loop on any walking that will be happening in the SoCal.
Creepily,
j.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 8:36 pm ¶i hope the robot will be walking with us in mpls.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 8:48 pm ¶i think that liz will be thought of all around the world AND back.
amazing!
–>big shout out to rachel for coming up with this idea & sharing it with us at the first creepfest. glad to see that her idea is blossoming & that we can do something annually that will celebrate liz’s life.
thanks for letting me be a part of it.
much love to my creeps & all wishing to take part in this for liz, matt, madeline & their families.
nbl~
p.s.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 9:05 pm ¶doesn’t matter how far you walk or run, 5k is certainly not mandatory!…the creeps ask that you just do what you can with thoughts of liz in every step!
What an awesome tribute!! I’ll be in Paris on a business trip, but will be walking the Champs Elysee and thinking of Liz.
@Becky — thanks for organizing such a great event - sorry I won’t be able to meet all the MN creeps at Lake Calhoun.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 9:24 pm ¶What a wonderful idea!
We’ll (me, my hubby and our dogs) definitely be walking on the 21st for Liz!!!
If anyone else in the bangalore wants to join, email me!
Thanks Becky for organizing! So awesome.
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 9:58 pm ¶Anyone want to walk in the Calgary? Would it be too stalkerish to walk in the Banff where Matt & Madeline just were?
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 10:50 pm ¶Awesome idea! I”ll be walking in Zurich, Switzerland!
Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 10:57 pm ¶Count me in in New Zealand!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 12:07 am ¶I think I might even beat those Aussies to be the first ones ever to do this walk!
Unless anyone in Rarotonga or the Cook Islands is walk/running… I’ll forward this on to some contacts… That’d be pretty awesome
Long time reader, first time poster. I love this idea. I will be walking on the 21st in Ireland, with my 18 month son and who ever else i can bring along.
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 12:57 am ¶Yay, I just started running again so I’m going to knock that 5K out in Berlin, Germany! So I’ve got you covered for the Central European time zone along with Meghan :O)
@ xBox4NappyRash- you gonna represent Holland? :O)
@Matt- did Liz have any preference for where she liked to run? I can’t decide if I should make it a city run, forest, lake, neighborhood setting…any ideas?
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 1:10 am ¶Count me in!! What an exciting way to honor someone! Anyone here in Anch wanna meet up and walk for a wonderful family??
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 1:13 am ¶Oh, I knew Liz’s b-day was in Sept., but I didn’t know it was the 17th till I read this. 7 is the lucky number in our family too as the number 7 is incorporated in all our birthdays…cool!
I might just have to do a double run on the 17th and the 21st! I’m psyched already!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 1:16 am ¶@Kathryn M. in Berlin…
liz loved running everywhere. she mostly ran in neighborhoods/cities because of where we lived, but you can’t really go wrong with any of the choices you listed.
thanks for taking part…
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 1:25 am ¶Seriously, are you guys gonna get people to direct traffic in the Mn? Because this is gonna be HUGE. I’m thinking choppers and megaphones and police barricades. Awesome.
I demand pink fuzzy leg warmers and a matching sweatband for Madeline, a la Olivia Newton John.
Count us in-We’ll be your Hawaiian time zone people!
AND I know people in Guam that I will make sure represent you from the Guamian (Guamanian?) time zone!
You guys rock!
Oh, and Maddy’s boyfriend/ kindred cousin William says hi.
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 2:40 am ¶Wow, I love the response we are getting. This is going to be great.
Shout out to my creeps…. love you guys. It’s great to see all our conversations come together into this great memorial for Liz, Matt, Madeline and their families. I’m so proud to have been a part of it.
Can’t wait for the 21st!!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 3:23 am ¶Hola MATT
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 3:52 am ¶Buen dia
Obviously, ARGENTINA is going to walk/run honouring your family!
Hurray!!!!!
Besos y abrazos
Sol
p.s. @ My dear “creepy” friends —> Love you ALL !!!!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 3:54 am ¶This is so awesome! My boys and I (ages 1 & 5) will be walking in Maryland on the 21st!!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 4:26 am ¶Matt, we will walk for you in Rocky Mt. National Park! We will be in Estes Park this weekend.
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 4:27 am ¶Love from your No. 1 fan in Illinois, who is very excited about going back to Colorado! Madeline, by the way, just gets prettier and prettier. It is so much fun to watch her grow.
Nice idea!
@Kathryn - If I walked 5km I’d end up having my own memorial event!
But I look forward to getting the donation details!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 4:47 am ¶Will no doubt be there.
Two things
Will AJ be selling the t-shirts?
Will Matt autograph his photo book?
Love the idea of paying it forward for other young widows/widowers - what a testimony to the power of love…
Catherine in St. Paul, MN
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 5:08 am ¶Awesome! I’ll be walking in Wausau, WI - Think I might even drive over to MN and walk with the group. What a great tribute!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 5:19 am ¶Great Idea! I’ll be in Michigan that weekend, and I don’t know any creeps/peeps there, but does anyone in the Ann Arbor area want to meet up and walk? shoot me an email at MeredithK41 (at) gmail.com and i’ll meet up with you. If not, I will at least walk (decked out in hot pink from head to toe!) in Liz’s honor. Great group of people! Becky, thanks for organizing!
xoxoxoxooxoxo to all of you
Meredith from CHI (Ann Arbor that weekend!)
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 5:26 am ¶Awesome! I won’t be walking around Calhoun, but I’ll be somewhere in St. Paul, dressed in pink, nearing the end of 60 miles for the Breast Cancer 3-Day. I will certainly walk that hour in honor and memory of Liz.
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 5:48 am ¶Will absolutely be walking in Raleigh, NC!!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 5:53 am ¶What a fantastic idea!
I’ll be walking in Virginia!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 6:00 am ¶(long time lurker, first time comment…)
This is so cool! My girls and I will be decked out in pink out here in our little Detroit suburb. Nice to see some other mitten state folk.
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 6:09 am ¶Proud to be a MN-how awesome! Better order those sweet NBs I have been lookin at.I would be honored to help if you see looking for extra hands. See you all on the 21st!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 6:19 am ¶I will have to post this on our local lakenormanmommies website and get a group together in Charlotte, NC.
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 6:20 am ¶An excellent idea and we’ll be walking here in the FL in honor of Liz - I just hope I can get the directions right to upload to the site!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 6:21 am ¶i believe i will be somewhere on rt. 80 in eastern PA at that particular moment…driving home to NJ from the penn state game on saturday. but i will make sure to wear pink and if my husband will stop the car on the side of the highway at 1:00PM, i will do a little highway stroll!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 6:35 am ¶what a fabulous idea…
Great idea! The 21st is my hubby’s birthday! If we don’t have plans that day, we’ll be walking in Queens (or maybe we’ll go to Central Park?) with my 2 daughter’s
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 6:37 am ¶Christine
Hey Creeps in Colorado, I am organizing a walk in the Denver Metro area so if you’re interested in walking as a Creep from Colorado send me an email at HurichHouse@aol.com Lots of Love and Pink will be walking for Liz in Creepy Colorado
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 6:48 am ¶XO,
Carrie
Awww, I’ll already be walking - but in the Breast Cancer 3-Day in St. Paul! You guys should come to the Capitol at 5pm on Sunday to see it wrap up.
I would love to see Madeline!
Best of luck to everyone!
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 7:08 am ¶I’m in! Anyone else walking in San Antonio?
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 7:20 am ¶I’ve started a group in North Houston/Spring/The Woodlands area (yes, Matt. There is a town called The Woodlands…). We’re walking at Meyer Park in Spring. Contact me through my blog if you’re in our area. Kate in the Houston is taking care of the southies.
Can’t wait. What an awesome tribute. As my friend put it, we need to do this for Liz’s spirit–mother to mother.
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 7:26 am ¶I’ll be walking in Auburn, CA where we will be visiting my relatives and friends at 1PM PDT on the 21st. I’ll certainly be with you in spirit.
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 7:46 am ¶What a great idea for a great cause! It is my son’s 2nd birthday so I will walk with him (some downtime before he gets into cheesies and such!) and my husband. We will be walking in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Atlantic time).
Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 7:51 am ¶I will be walking for Liz that day and wearing PINK! I’m in CST
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