Z-Bra Girls

That is the name of my team, and a includes 8 lovely ladies, and 1 pretty cool dude! Sara Portillo and her mom Nina Rangel have had this team for 5 years. This was the first year that there were more teammates on the team besides the two of them. They always work crew and drive a Sweep Van. Until this year, one of Nina's best friends passed away of breast cancer in mid-July, and she decided she was walking. Sara's brother, Ernie, decided to join her on the Sweep Van this year. Our walkers included Nina Rangel, Wendy White, Rochelle Gillum, Brandy Byers, Megan LaBounty, Louise Davis, and myself. These women were my second family for 10 months. All of these women were such an inspiration to me in some way or another. Those who couldn't make the entire walk, yet came back fighting against the odds and finished up wither the last day or last 6 miles, which was tough on them, those who were hurting, but perservered through the entire walk, and Rochelle (in a catergory all by herself, Love you Rochelle), who never complained, said anything hurt, had a smile on her face the entire 60 miles, and just kept on going. Nina, you could see the push in her face. You knew she was going to walk those 60 miles and each step was for her friend, Margaret and her mother, Marina.
Spending those 3-Days with these ladies definately made everything much easier. You really get to know people when you sleep, eat, and potty together for 3 days! We had such a great time; we laughed, we cried, we sweated, and we hurt, and we did it all together. The women on my team are wonderful women, and I would not have wanted to do this any other way.