The Word of the day: FEET

by Jackie Piper

This is how your feet feel BEFORE you begin the Challenge Walk. See how happy they are? You would never suspect how complicated those sweet little tootsies are that carry us along for miles and miles. Here are some fun feet facts for you:

• Your feet have 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 100 tendons, muscles, and ligaments.
  
• The World Record for the biggest foot is a whopping size 28 ½. (Try finding that at Payless!)
  
• The foot accounts for 25% of all the bones in the human body.
  
• Your foot has 250,000 sweat glands.  

Madeline Albrecht holds the Guiness World Record for the most feet smelled: 5,600. She worked for Dr. Scholls. (And I whined about my job.)

Now aren’t you feeling a little more respect for you feet? Be sure to pamper them on Challenge Walk weekend with fluffy slippers, lots of dry socks, foot soaks and a black marker to draw new “happy faces” on your toes.