Walk the Walk

Some of you may remember I did the Playtex MoonWalk last year (and the year before that!) and what an amazing experience it was. Can you imagine how amazing it is walking 26 miles around London, at night, with 10,000+ other women and wearing a decorated bra? No? Neither could I until I did it. The feeling at the end was one of relief, elation and pride and very emotional.

I personally can’t commit the time needed to train for this (be under no illusion, the training is essential and hard work) so I won’t be taking part in 2009 but maybe some of you may be inspired to instead? If you’re looking for a way to get fit, raise some money for breast cancer research, treatment & care and have fun, enter the MoonWalk next week when entries open (16th October). Do it for me?

Here are a few (a lot of) photos that might inspire you (or put you off!) Let me know if you decide to enter!

Playtex MoonWalk London 2007 Photos

There are lots more in my flickr set but here are a few photos from last night (all clickable to view larger sizes).

Me before the start in the tent, modelling my bra:


The start:



Nearly there:


Amanda proudly showing off her medal


And me with my medal


Thank you everyone for all your support!

WE DID IT!!!!!

It took 7 hours and we finished at 6am. Weather was perfect, the support on the streets was fantastic and I'm very proud. Photos and a fuller report will follow soon but for now I'm having a rest. :)

It's all about bras and walking

Well only one more day to go until the big night- 15,000 women (and men) will be donning their decorated bras and walking the streets of London in aid of breast cancer charities. According to the MoonWalk website it's going to be 8°C overnight which means we need to keep a good pace and not stop unless we really have to. I'm excited and nervous now- I know what to expect as this is the second year I've taken part- which is probably why I'm nervous! I know it's going to be fun though and I'll also be thinking about the women I know, and those who's stories I've heard, who have battled breast cancer bravely. If they can do that, I can certainly walk 26.2 miles to help them and many others.

Now on to the bras, two more people have added their bras to the flickr group as part of the bra decorating contest.


This beautiful bra is by Carolyne from Australia and features gorgeous hand felted flowers.

Next up is Amanda's bra, Amanda is from Suffolk in the UK, not many miles away from me. In fact she's one of my walking buddies for tomorrow night's event so she'll be wearing this bra on the streets of London- all that glitz and glitter will look fabulous. ;)



How is everyone else getting on? I have had three fantastic prizes offered from three etsy sellers. More on that when I have some pictures of the prizes.

EDIT: Just a little note, although this contest is totally free to enter, if you'd like to show your support for breast cancer charities, please consider sponsoring me via the little box on the right of this page. All money goes directly to Walk the Walk. Thank you.

First bra contest photo is in the Flickr pool...

Thank you to Katie (from What Katie Did) for being the first entrant with her knitted pink creation. She's part of a group who are taking part in the Edinburgh MoonWalk.



Hope everyone is doing well with their designing and creating, I started mine last night, I may post a sneak preview later.

All about bras...

For the MoonWalk we have to decorate our bras (supplied by Playtex) and wear them proudly as we stomp the streets of London. You can see last years bra here

This year we're thinking flowers again, maybe big pink gerberas!

Here's a website (found via Art dolls) with lots of amazing bras that might inspire us although I'm not sure how wearable most of them are. There's lots more bra inspiration here and Laura Jacob's art bras are spectacular.

If you know of any other websites with great bra art, please let me know!

EDIT: I've had an idea for a competition based around this, details in the next post once I've figured them out!