| Top 6 Training Essentials for the Avon 3-Day Walk | |||||||||||||
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| The Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walks involve long distance walking of 20 miles a day for three days, plus camping for two nights. In training you will walk hundreds of miles and experience blisters, chafing, sunburn, heat, rain and cramped muscles. You can prevent and treat these with these items recommended by me and by other "3-Peaters." | |||||||||||||
| 1) Sunday Afternoon Sport Hat Keep your head happy - cool, dry, and shielded from the sun with the perfect hat for long walking days. The neck drape keeps you from becoming a redneck, and it is sporty enough for both men and women.  | |||||||||||||
| 2) Neck Cooler Crystals inside these stylish bandannas absorb water and keep your neck cool through evaporation. A real walk-saver on hot days. From dozens to hundreds of Avon 3-Day walkers are treated for heat sickness at each event - be prepared and take along an item such as this. | |||||||||||||
| 3) Blister Doc Kit The essentials you need to deal with the blisters, all packed up nice and small and ready to use. | |||||||||||||
| 4) Pallotta TeamWorks Fanny Pack How to carry your water bottle and stuff on an Avon 3-Day Walk? I switched to this pack after Day 1 and I never looked back. It stays put on your hips, carries just enough stuff, has a big water bottle, and a strap to attach extra clothes. Now I walk with it everywhere. | |||||||||||||
| 5) Secondwind Chafe Eez Use Chafe Eez anywhere you are likely to chafe - underarms, thighs, crotch, bra, chest, nipples. Chafing occurs when you sweat and then skin or clothing rubs against the area. It is extremely painful. Prevent is by using a lubricant such as Chafe Eez before you walk. | |||||||||||||
| 6) Burt's Bees Coconut Foot Creme After a long training walk and a shower, have a loved one give you a foot and leg rub or massage. It is amazing how much that can restore some energy to your legs and feet and prevent some of the stiffness and cramping. Burt's Bees foot creme was recommended by 3-day walkers to keep your feet happy and refreshed. | |||||||||||||
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