Rude Drivers

I am getting really irritated with rude drivers! Since I'm training for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and have a 1 year old for a training buddy, I end up at the mall a lot for weekday training walks. I make a big effort to get to the mall as close to 8 AM as possible so that I can try to finish the distance I need to walk before the mall opens at 10 AM. This means I am usually leaving the mall shortly after most of the stores have opened and that I have a decent parking spot. Twice after training walks (and once just after a shopping trip) drivers arriving at the mall saw me approach my car and decided to wait for me to back out so they could take my spot.
If it was just me, this wouldn't bother me. I mean it doesn't take THAT long for one person to deposit their bags, get in the car, and go. But, it's not just me. I have my one year old daughter and her stroller to get in the car.
All I know is that these people must not have children or remember what it's like to try to get a wiggly little person buckled into a car seat... It's not a fast process.
Yesterday's experience took the cake! I was leaving the mall shortly after 10 AM and an arriving driver spotted me before I even got to the car, so they decided to wait. Another car pulled up behind them and someone started honking while I was getting my daughter into her seat. After the third honk, I lost my temper and yelled at the lady that I was going as fast as I could.
I wish people would just go around when they see someone with a baby trying to get their child in the car. It's nerve wracking to have someone waiting to pounce....

Training, training, and more training

As of today I have walked 126 miles to get ready for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. The 5 and 6 mile walks are getting easier and easier. My longest individual walk is 10 miles. I've done 10 mile walks twice, the last one was significantly faster then the other. I walked 10 miles in 3 hours, which is under the 20 minute mile pace I need for walk weekend.
I need to get longer walks in, I'm hoping for at least 11 miles on this Saturday's walk.

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Training continues

I have now completed 5 weeks of training for the Avon 3 day and have walked a total of 90.5 miles. I longest one time walk so far is 10 miles, so I still have a lot of work to do. Next week will be challenging because it will be the first week where I walk 4 days out of the week. I've really been amazed at how much time the training really takes up, especially when the weather is bad and we have to drive to walk at the mall.