I completed my first walking half marathon (13.1 miles 3:34), the Silicon Valley Marathon, in October of 2007.  Completing this half marathon was so exciting and I soon began to wonder if I could do longer distances. 

I got bit by the "walking bug" and signed up for my first 30K trail race in Death Valley's Titus Canyon in February 2008. 

This race is designed to be a running race, however, I walked the race and completed it in 4:54.  Surprisingly, I also won 3rd place in my age group for this event.  How exciting and I did it walking!! 

Death Valley 30 K Finish    4:53.38

The curiosity of distance is still there and I am planning my next walking event to be the Tahoe 20 miler.  My ultimate goal is to walk a marathon.  I am training slowly and steadily to achieve this goal.