Well two days off and the body wants to go out but my nagging injuries still nagging at me. So for the chaffing issue my wife picked up some liquid bandage. Worked good but it stung like a SOB when first applied.
My blister was down but the surface skin was still soft so I knew it would fill up again. So I did some looking on line and I saw an odd item that I though ok I can try this, but it wont work.
There is some camo'd Duct Tape that a lot of geocachers buy because it will work so good to hide items with, only thing is this particular brand sticks to nothing, not even itself, well almost nothing, it sticks to your hands pretty well. Well it sitting in the same room as my shoes, this cant work, but then again what can it hurt to try. So I apply camo'd duct tape to the back of my heal and by the end of the hike the blister is starting to fill a tiny bit.
So now the two nagging injuries seem to be under control and we are back on the trails, goal for this weekend is a 10K (6.2 miles) on the 400 trail in Union Center WI, it is a sponsored event of the Dairyland Walkers of which we are joining this weekend
Another 6622 steps on my journey taken. Goals for this week are to get over 60 miles to date and break 100K steps. If we walk nightly we have a very good chance of me doing this
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
What defines an Athlete?
We didn't walk on Friday but Saturday was the Hemophilia Walk at the Milwaukee Mile. Hemophilia is a blood disorder that prevents normal clotting. So a simple bloody nose could be a $7,000 bill for the ER for somebody with one of these disorders. And many of the people afflicted have $200K in medical bills a year.
Now I wish I could say that I walked to help the charity, but just like the ourhike event I did I walked for more selfish reasons, my health. I have found that there is something uniquely rewarding about helping a charity, as I have said in the past my blisters feel good after these events (and I blistered again). But I have found that doing something for these lessor known organizations that deserve the attention but just dont get it is more rewarding also (I am doing a hike for Childrens Hospital, that one is different because it is personal).
Casey Fitzrandolph, who is a gold medal Olympian was the honorary host, let the group on the track for three laps (we did a little more). I was happy that my wife and I were near the front of the group and we even lapped some people. The corners are banked slightly at the mile and we immediately felt the increased angle, even though fairly slight, in our knees and ankles.
But during our walk I saw two guys that made me question what is an Athlete? Most are in excellent physical condition, but these two were not. If you define an Athlete by what is in his heart these two could teach a lot to many. The first was a young man who I don't think was even a teenager, he was walking with a definite purpose, we would later find out he suffers from this disorder. But that was not what made him unique, he had one foot in a walking cast and trudged himself around that course for three laps, did I mention in a WALKING CAST.
The second man was even more inspiring, he arrived in a wheelchair, I do not know what he was afflicted with, but I am guessing that it was MD. He arrived with 5 family members and one carried 2 canes that had the big four foot bottoms. Once the event started they moved him on to the track and helped him to his feet, one cane in each of his hands and somebody following very close with the chair. We lapped him somewhere past the first lap we walked a mile in about 15 minutes, he walked about 1/4 mile this way and would finished at 1/2 mile. I nay have finished the 5K, but what he finished I will never forget
Sunday we didnt walk because I hurt myself at the event. I have a very high pain tolerance, which is not a good thing. I blistered again on my heel (not a big deal I dont feel them). I did have a chaffing issue that I am told that I have ripped away a few layers of skin about the size of a quarter, that has become infected. My wife has helped me clean it up and washed the area with peroxide (twice) and bandaged it up. She has told me it looks better and we will bandage it up tomorrow before I go to work, but it means no walking for at
least Sunday and Monday and hoping to be back to health for an organized walk of 5 or 10K this weekend
Saturday 8435 steps for 5 miles
Now I wish I could say that I walked to help the charity, but just like the ourhike event I did I walked for more selfish reasons, my health. I have found that there is something uniquely rewarding about helping a charity, as I have said in the past my blisters feel good after these events (and I blistered again). But I have found that doing something for these lessor known organizations that deserve the attention but just dont get it is more rewarding also (I am doing a hike for Childrens Hospital, that one is different because it is personal).
Casey Fitzrandolph, who is a gold medal Olympian was the honorary host, let the group on the track for three laps (we did a little more). I was happy that my wife and I were near the front of the group and we even lapped some people. The corners are banked slightly at the mile and we immediately felt the increased angle, even though fairly slight, in our knees and ankles.
But during our walk I saw two guys that made me question what is an Athlete? Most are in excellent physical condition, but these two were not. If you define an Athlete by what is in his heart these two could teach a lot to many. The first was a young man who I don't think was even a teenager, he was walking with a definite purpose, we would later find out he suffers from this disorder. But that was not what made him unique, he had one foot in a walking cast and trudged himself around that course for three laps, did I mention in a WALKING CAST.
The second man was even more inspiring, he arrived in a wheelchair, I do not know what he was afflicted with, but I am guessing that it was MD. He arrived with 5 family members and one carried 2 canes that had the big four foot bottoms. Once the event started they moved him on to the track and helped him to his feet, one cane in each of his hands and somebody following very close with the chair. We lapped him somewhere past the first lap we walked a mile in about 15 minutes, he walked about 1/4 mile this way and would finished at 1/2 mile. I nay have finished the 5K, but what he finished I will never forget
Sunday we didnt walk because I hurt myself at the event. I have a very high pain tolerance, which is not a good thing. I blistered again on my heel (not a big deal I dont feel them). I did have a chaffing issue that I am told that I have ripped away a few layers of skin about the size of a quarter, that has become infected. My wife has helped me clean it up and washed the area with peroxide (twice) and bandaged it up. She has told me it looks better and we will bandage it up tomorrow before I go to work, but it means no walking for at
least Sunday and Monday and hoping to be back to health for an organized walk of 5 or 10K this weekend
Saturday 8435 steps for 5 miles
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Just walk it off
We got started a little late today so we knew we would only have about an hour to hike. Today was a little different however, so far we have not had a hot day, well 85 and humid counts as hot.
I have had a variety of nagging foot issues, 3 blisters (one actually on top of another), turf toe, and having toe nails that were a hair to long. All annoying and somewhat uncomfortable but I would just walk it off. After all if my wife can do it with bursitis in her heal I can man up.
Today was different, about 25 feet in on the trail I could feel my right calf tighten just above the ankle. Cramping ok just walk it off. It just radiated up the leg some, so I changed my gait a little hoping this would help, it did until it felt like I impaled my right right check (yeah the lower one) with a 12 inch knitting needle. Whoever has the voodoo doll with my name on it please knock it off.
At this point my wife asks if I am ok, I promptly lie. She later asks and I confess, by this point I have changed my gait again and at least the pain in the backside is gone, but my leg from ankle to knee is just tight as a drum. Being the kind loving supporting wife she is she offers to turn back. We do not, only have another 10 minutes before we have to turn around and head back so we still have some light when we get back to the car.
Make it to mile marker number 2 in that 10 minutes and head back. I have changed my gait so many times that by the time we get to the last 300 feet my right leg feels like somebody to a bat to it, and suddenly relief it just lets go all cramping gone. Then my wife complains, it seems she started cramping in the same part of the leg I had..
No walking tomorrow, sending off one of Mrs's friends who is starting a new job. Saturday is a Charity walk along with a weigh in (and measurements) to see how far I have come.
Congrats to the wife on her journey as she has now lost 20
Steps today 6656 for 3.7 miles. In 11 hours and 11 minutes I have now walked exactly 40 miles. One way at looking at what I have done so far is if you were to eat 1 Big Mac everyday for the rest of the month, and if your hungry have an extra one or two on the weekend you still would not have eaten the numbers of calories I have lost walking, now over 6000 calories burned
I have had a variety of nagging foot issues, 3 blisters (one actually on top of another), turf toe, and having toe nails that were a hair to long. All annoying and somewhat uncomfortable but I would just walk it off. After all if my wife can do it with bursitis in her heal I can man up.
Today was different, about 25 feet in on the trail I could feel my right calf tighten just above the ankle. Cramping ok just walk it off. It just radiated up the leg some, so I changed my gait a little hoping this would help, it did until it felt like I impaled my right right check (yeah the lower one) with a 12 inch knitting needle. Whoever has the voodoo doll with my name on it please knock it off.
At this point my wife asks if I am ok, I promptly lie. She later asks and I confess, by this point I have changed my gait again and at least the pain in the backside is gone, but my leg from ankle to knee is just tight as a drum. Being the kind loving supporting wife she is she offers to turn back. We do not, only have another 10 minutes before we have to turn around and head back so we still have some light when we get back to the car.
Make it to mile marker number 2 in that 10 minutes and head back. I have changed my gait so many times that by the time we get to the last 300 feet my right leg feels like somebody to a bat to it, and suddenly relief it just lets go all cramping gone. Then my wife complains, it seems she started cramping in the same part of the leg I had..
No walking tomorrow, sending off one of Mrs's friends who is starting a new job. Saturday is a Charity walk along with a weigh in (and measurements) to see how far I have come.
Congrats to the wife on her journey as she has now lost 20
Steps today 6656 for 3.7 miles. In 11 hours and 11 minutes I have now walked exactly 40 miles. One way at looking at what I have done so far is if you were to eat 1 Big Mac everyday for the rest of the month, and if your hungry have an extra one or two on the weekend you still would not have eaten the numbers of calories I have lost walking, now over 6000 calories burned
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Goals
I seem to keep putting off my pet peeves topic, oh well maybe the next time it rains (or tomorrow)
When I first started this my only true goal was not to kill myself on two walks I am yet to do, now I am walking pretty much the same distance as those walks on a daily basis, so obviously this needs to be rethought. The reason I choose steps in the title of this blogs is that my pedometer counts steps and has an accumulating total, so when I started I thought I wonder how long it would take to 50K steps. Which brings us to today:
Same old Bugline but a nice cool evening and my blister has healed nicely. My wife is a little sore since we didn't walk yesterday and has a bit of a nagging headache, so I figure it wont be a hugely long hike, so I am hoping for 3000 steps, that would put me over 60K. Early on she complains about her bursitis so I am thinking 3000 and be happy with it.
But she puts on her pink rabbit outfit and keeps going, we get to mile marker 2 and I figure she will turn back, no still going. Next stop sign, no, she must be the Lithium branded bunny cause she is still going. Actually takes us up further than we have gone one way, which of course we have to head back then. Get back to the car and within minutes it changes from Dusk to night. Watch The Event on DVR, what happened to the plane.
Daily total 5.63 miles, which is 9873 steps. Remember my comment of needing 3K to 60K well I guess it is now 3k to 70K. Now I am starting to wonder how long to 1 million steps. What to do to continue going in winter (snowshoes!!)?
When I first started this my only true goal was not to kill myself on two walks I am yet to do, now I am walking pretty much the same distance as those walks on a daily basis, so obviously this needs to be rethought. The reason I choose steps in the title of this blogs is that my pedometer counts steps and has an accumulating total, so when I started I thought I wonder how long it would take to 50K steps. Which brings us to today:
Same old Bugline but a nice cool evening and my blister has healed nicely. My wife is a little sore since we didn't walk yesterday and has a bit of a nagging headache, so I figure it wont be a hugely long hike, so I am hoping for 3000 steps, that would put me over 60K. Early on she complains about her bursitis so I am thinking 3000 and be happy with it.
But she puts on her pink rabbit outfit and keeps going, we get to mile marker 2 and I figure she will turn back, no still going. Next stop sign, no, she must be the Lithium branded bunny cause she is still going. Actually takes us up further than we have gone one way, which of course we have to head back then. Get back to the car and within minutes it changes from Dusk to night. Watch The Event on DVR, what happened to the plane.
Daily total 5.63 miles, which is 9873 steps. Remember my comment of needing 3K to 60K well I guess it is now 3k to 70K. Now I am starting to wonder how long to 1 million steps. What to do to continue going in winter (snowshoes!!)?
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Its Raining again
Get home from work and throw two steaks on the grill for dinner. The weather has been threatening all day but nothing was materialize so maybe we can get a hike in. By the time the steaks are done the thought of walking is also done. Welcome back rain.
So we figure watch something off the DVR and The Biggest Loser. I made fun of the fact I would eat a pint of Ben and Jerrys while watching that in the past, hey Bob would you approve of a handful of grapes. Mentality is changing.
I have come the realization (actually long ago) that I have what is deemed an addictive personality. I smoked for roughly 20 years, most of that time multiple packs of unfiltered a day. When I quit I traded that addiction for one with food. Even in hobbies I am the same way, when we started geocaching we went nuts with it. Odd that we have had less than two hundred finds in 3 months, when we have had months with 250 finds. That I think was our first attempt at trying to do something more healthy as an activity for us.
Now it seems that addiction may turn to walking. The wife and I were both disappointed when the rain started, we both had wanted to do a 5K, a month ago if we were out geocaching if we couldn't park with in 300 feet we weren't doing it
One other observation today, clothing is is fitting differently. Remember Tim Allen in Home Improvement and how he never seemed to get it right when he fixed things. Well I figure using a power tool for clothing adjustments may not be a good thing, but I need to drill a whole in my belt or we risk a clothing malfunction (nobody wants that). Hopefully next time you see me on the trails my hand isnt bandaged up because the belt and drill won.
Hopefully the rain ends before tomorrow evening, would like to get at least one more good length walk in before the Great Lakes Hemophilia Walk on Saturday
So we figure watch something off the DVR and The Biggest Loser. I made fun of the fact I would eat a pint of Ben and Jerrys while watching that in the past, hey Bob would you approve of a handful of grapes. Mentality is changing.
I have come the realization (actually long ago) that I have what is deemed an addictive personality. I smoked for roughly 20 years, most of that time multiple packs of unfiltered a day. When I quit I traded that addiction for one with food. Even in hobbies I am the same way, when we started geocaching we went nuts with it. Odd that we have had less than two hundred finds in 3 months, when we have had months with 250 finds. That I think was our first attempt at trying to do something more healthy as an activity for us.
Now it seems that addiction may turn to walking. The wife and I were both disappointed when the rain started, we both had wanted to do a 5K, a month ago if we were out geocaching if we couldn't park with in 300 feet we weren't doing it
One other observation today, clothing is is fitting differently. Remember Tim Allen in Home Improvement and how he never seemed to get it right when he fixed things. Well I figure using a power tool for clothing adjustments may not be a good thing, but I need to drill a whole in my belt or we risk a clothing malfunction (nobody wants that). Hopefully next time you see me on the trails my hand isnt bandaged up because the belt and drill won.
Hopefully the rain ends before tomorrow evening, would like to get at least one more good length walk in before the Great Lakes Hemophilia Walk on Saturday
Monday, September 20, 2010
Back to the trails and a supporting wife
After a rainy and gloomy Saturday, Sunday was simply gloomy and both me and the wife couldn't find our motivation. Didn't want to walk the mall again, blister on the heel was bugging and later in the day the wife wasn't feeling well. So we took care of somethings around here. Did stop at the Mall but only to stock up on tea.
Somethings we found that interested us came up. Found a walk on the Milwaukee Mile to Benefit Great Lakes Hemophilia (its a bleeding disorder). Its three time around the track but the track is open for a while so I would like to get 5 laps in, just not at Indy Car speed. The other item we found was Dairyland Walkers they have two events that I would like to participate in but one conflicts with a hike we would like to do in Stevens Point. So over the next several weeks we have the Hemophilia Walk, Moon Walk in Point, Al's Run/Walk for Children's Hospital (this one is personal as we are walking for Little Man E), The Heart Walk and The Dairlyland Walkers Middleton Moonlight Walk. All are 5 K events except the two night time events, the one in Point is 4, 8 or 12 miles (we want to do at least 8) and the Middleton Event is a 5k or 10K, we hope to get there in time to do the 10K.
I got home from work and the wife isn't feeling the best, so we grab a quick dinner and head out, she still wants to hike. So I truly expect it will be a shorter walk, but it is the effort that counts. As we go along she states she is feeling a bit better and is surprised her shins aren't bugging her (she has shin stiffness when we start usually). I have a spot I expect she will turn around, but no she keeps going. To Tweety's bridge (sorry geocaching reference), and she keeps going. To the final for Lifeboat (more geocaching) and she keeps going finally she stops at the stop sign nearest one of our favorite puzzle caches, Music Men. My not felling well wife had donned her pink energizer Bunny Costume and walked the furthest we had walked one way on the Bugline. When asked she claimed she felt better. Then it was time to head back to the car.
Steps today 8210 for 4.7 miles. Total steps to date 57089 for 30.6 miles. One of my goals is to try to maintain an average of 20 miles per week, so far so good.
Join me for a mile or two?
Somethings we found that interested us came up. Found a walk on the Milwaukee Mile to Benefit Great Lakes Hemophilia (its a bleeding disorder). Its three time around the track but the track is open for a while so I would like to get 5 laps in, just not at Indy Car speed. The other item we found was Dairyland Walkers they have two events that I would like to participate in but one conflicts with a hike we would like to do in Stevens Point. So over the next several weeks we have the Hemophilia Walk, Moon Walk in Point, Al's Run/Walk for Children's Hospital (this one is personal as we are walking for Little Man E), The Heart Walk and The Dairlyland Walkers Middleton Moonlight Walk. All are 5 K events except the two night time events, the one in Point is 4, 8 or 12 miles (we want to do at least 8) and the Middleton Event is a 5k or 10K, we hope to get there in time to do the 10K.
I got home from work and the wife isn't feeling the best, so we grab a quick dinner and head out, she still wants to hike. So I truly expect it will be a shorter walk, but it is the effort that counts. As we go along she states she is feeling a bit better and is surprised her shins aren't bugging her (she has shin stiffness when we start usually). I have a spot I expect she will turn around, but no she keeps going. To Tweety's bridge (sorry geocaching reference), and she keeps going. To the final for Lifeboat (more geocaching) and she keeps going finally she stops at the stop sign nearest one of our favorite puzzle caches, Music Men. My not felling well wife had donned her pink energizer Bunny Costume and walked the furthest we had walked one way on the Bugline. When asked she claimed she felt better. Then it was time to head back to the car.
Steps today 8210 for 4.7 miles. Total steps to date 57089 for 30.6 miles. One of my goals is to try to maintain an average of 20 miles per week, so far so good.
Join me for a mile or two?
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Rain takes us indoors to the Mall
Well the morning didn't start off great with it starting with my first check in on weight and somebody measurements. The waist really irked me, it has become a waste line and I was becoming TOM Q. VAXY. Time to stop the insanity.
Next problem was the rain, so we delayed starting the day and when the second round of showers hit we decided to head to Mayfair Mall. Problem is Mayfair was already open. The plan was to do 5 miles, which is just a bit more than 6 laps of the lower level of the mall. Some areas we difficult to pass, like the candy store. Plus there is not much in the Mall sparks my interest, and after passing Victoria's Secret 6 times even that isn't as interesting.
The first few laps weren't bad but then more and more people came into the Mall. I don't mind having to maneuver around kids or seniors but come on adults meandering without a clue. Please Mr. Mall Cap let me run one of them over.
For the first time we both listened to our I pods while walking, normally my wife and I chat and enjoy each others company. But being hard of hearing and some many other noises we figured we would fore go chatting in favor of music. Put on my play list of harder rock and after an hour I know I have to go back and build a list for walking. Going from I Cant Drive 55 to Free Bird just didn't work well together.
Made all six laps and a partial lap for 5 miles, got a blister on my left foot now (it was the right foot last week), our last stop in the mall Tevana (highly recommended). Mrs. got a Blueberry Bliss-Heavenly Vanilla Iced Tea and I got a Papaya, Strawberry , and Lemon Iced Tea
Steps today 9894 for 5.1 miles-Hopefully we can get out tomorrow but with the blister it is wait and see
Next problem was the rain, so we delayed starting the day and when the second round of showers hit we decided to head to Mayfair Mall. Problem is Mayfair was already open. The plan was to do 5 miles, which is just a bit more than 6 laps of the lower level of the mall. Some areas we difficult to pass, like the candy store. Plus there is not much in the Mall sparks my interest, and after passing Victoria's Secret 6 times even that isn't as interesting.
The first few laps weren't bad but then more and more people came into the Mall. I don't mind having to maneuver around kids or seniors but come on adults meandering without a clue. Please Mr. Mall Cap let me run one of them over.
For the first time we both listened to our I pods while walking, normally my wife and I chat and enjoy each others company. But being hard of hearing and some many other noises we figured we would fore go chatting in favor of music. Put on my play list of harder rock and after an hour I know I have to go back and build a list for walking. Going from I Cant Drive 55 to Free Bird just didn't work well together.
Made all six laps and a partial lap for 5 miles, got a blister on my left foot now (it was the right foot last week), our last stop in the mall Tevana (highly recommended). Mrs. got a Blueberry Bliss-Heavenly Vanilla Iced Tea and I got a Papaya, Strawberry , and Lemon Iced Tea
Steps today 9894 for 5.1 miles-Hopefully we can get out tomorrow but with the blister it is wait and see
Friday, September 17, 2010
Starting to streach the distance a bit
As I started this I figured I would try to walk a 5K (3.1 miles) as often as I could and gear up for longer walks on weekends. I have targeted a long walk in October, the Moon Walk in Stevens Point, WI as one I want to do, it is 4,8, or 12 miles. Since 7.5 is my best in a day I have targeted the 8 and would like to try the 12.
Every day when the wife and I go out we add .10 miles to the walk one way, today we decided to go a little further. We walk the Bugline Trail that goes between Menomonee Falls and Sussex, WI and as we have walked along the trail we have commented about the geocaches we have done in that area. We are big into caching and this trail has had many, today we past two one we enjoyed but are no longer active, both parts of Tweety and the final area for Lifeboat. Lifeboat was one of our early favorites.
Nice crisp weather made it pleasant enough to walk, we headed out late since I had called tech support for our Blu Ray earlier so we got the purples of the sunset as we headed west. We could hear the marching band at the local High School football game and heard the band playing at the Big Pig Gig (and smelled the BBQ on the way back). Made for a nice walk, and with compression shorts on the chaffing problem is gone. Upgrade my sock to a non cotton and my recovering blistered feet even feel better.
Hoping for decent weather tomorrow or it is to the Mall to walk, yuck. Well we had to go there anyhow tomorrow we need to stock up on tea. If the weather cooperates we want to do 5 miles on Saturday and 7.5 miles on Sunday.
Also tomorrow is weigh in and measuring chest, waist and hips to give me a reference starting point (I'm not going to like this)
Today 6578 steps for 3.8 miles, since starting walking on September 9, 2010 38985 steps for 20.8 miles
Stats compliments from the All-In Pedometer application for IPhone
Every day when the wife and I go out we add .10 miles to the walk one way, today we decided to go a little further. We walk the Bugline Trail that goes between Menomonee Falls and Sussex, WI and as we have walked along the trail we have commented about the geocaches we have done in that area. We are big into caching and this trail has had many, today we past two one we enjoyed but are no longer active, both parts of Tweety and the final area for Lifeboat. Lifeboat was one of our early favorites.
Nice crisp weather made it pleasant enough to walk, we headed out late since I had called tech support for our Blu Ray earlier so we got the purples of the sunset as we headed west. We could hear the marching band at the local High School football game and heard the band playing at the Big Pig Gig (and smelled the BBQ on the way back). Made for a nice walk, and with compression shorts on the chaffing problem is gone. Upgrade my sock to a non cotton and my recovering blistered feet even feel better.
Hoping for decent weather tomorrow or it is to the Mall to walk, yuck. Well we had to go there anyhow tomorrow we need to stock up on tea. If the weather cooperates we want to do 5 miles on Saturday and 7.5 miles on Sunday.
Also tomorrow is weigh in and measuring chest, waist and hips to give me a reference starting point (I'm not going to like this)
Today 6578 steps for 3.8 miles, since starting walking on September 9, 2010 38985 steps for 20.8 miles
Stats compliments from the All-In Pedometer application for IPhone
Thursday, September 16, 2010
I guess the best way to start is to say why I am doing this
Changing One Step At A Time is how I feel that I need to address an issue in my life. Like many people as I got older I got heavier, like many I said I would do something about it, 250 passed nothing 275 still nothing. I became the guy who would watch the Biggest Loser eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's. Something had to give.
My wife having some of the same issue started her journey thru diet 5 weeks ago and I stepped on the scale, 296. How did this happen, yeah I know. The first few weeks of her diet I watched what I ate and dropped some weight, with no exercise.
Within two days of each other my employer announced they were going to sponsor teams for the local Heart Walk and for Children's Hospital and a friend of mine posted a link about ourhike.com. The Heart walk and the Children's Hospital walks are both shorter walks (5ks) and later in the year. The ourhike.com was coming up, 7.5 miles. Can I do this? Can I even go 1 mile? So I sign up less than 1 week before the event, and take two 1.2 mile hikes as training that week.
At ourhike, I meet Robin Grappa the founder of the event who several years earlier walked from Delaware to California for her charity. During the walk it occurs to me that I can use walking to become a major way to help in my battle in weight. I completed the 7.5 miles know I did something good for the charity in question, and even though my feet are blistered I feel pretty damm good
In the following week I have gone out 3 times, the first day walking on my blisters, Monday 2.4 miles, Tuesday 2.6 and Wednesday 3.2 miles. Now I am looking for some event to walk at this weekend
Things I have learned along the way, it is great to have my wife walking with, get the proper socks and underarmor compression shorts help with a bad chafing issue.
So why am I doing this, well to keep myself accountable. In next May there is a full marathon for walking not far from where I live, I guess that is my first goal,and to do that I will need to have less of me to drag around.
In the meantime if I cant find an event for this weekend I want to find a trail and push myself for another 7.5 or longer
My wife having some of the same issue started her journey thru diet 5 weeks ago and I stepped on the scale, 296. How did this happen, yeah I know. The first few weeks of her diet I watched what I ate and dropped some weight, with no exercise.
Within two days of each other my employer announced they were going to sponsor teams for the local Heart Walk and for Children's Hospital and a friend of mine posted a link about ourhike.com. The Heart walk and the Children's Hospital walks are both shorter walks (5ks) and later in the year. The ourhike.com was coming up, 7.5 miles. Can I do this? Can I even go 1 mile? So I sign up less than 1 week before the event, and take two 1.2 mile hikes as training that week.
At ourhike, I meet Robin Grappa the founder of the event who several years earlier walked from Delaware to California for her charity. During the walk it occurs to me that I can use walking to become a major way to help in my battle in weight. I completed the 7.5 miles know I did something good for the charity in question, and even though my feet are blistered I feel pretty damm good
In the following week I have gone out 3 times, the first day walking on my blisters, Monday 2.4 miles, Tuesday 2.6 and Wednesday 3.2 miles. Now I am looking for some event to walk at this weekend
Things I have learned along the way, it is great to have my wife walking with, get the proper socks and underarmor compression shorts help with a bad chafing issue.
So why am I doing this, well to keep myself accountable. In next May there is a full marathon for walking not far from where I live, I guess that is my first goal,and to do that I will need to have less of me to drag around.
In the meantime if I cant find an event for this weekend I want to find a trail and push myself for another 7.5 or longer
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