Sunday I met up with Cheryl to do some walking on a local trail. The trail is marked every half mile, which proved once and for all my pedometer is WAY off. We walked from 11am til 1pm and it was HOT out. We were happy to see the water station halfway through our walk. We started off as a group of 6 - me, Cheryl, my three kids (Catherine walking, the other 2 riding their bikes), and our niece. About a mile in, I sent the 2 younger kids and our niece off to the playground. Can I just say how cool my 10 year old is? Not only did she walk 6 miles with us, in the heat, she didn’t complain at all! She actually looks forward to walking with us each week. She really impresses me.
We also used our new fanny packs so we can start getting used to them. Cheryl and I bought the same one from Ebags, and they were pretty comfy with lots of spaces to stick things. The bags sit on our hips, so no chafing around the waist, and they have a lot of padding too.
I had gone to Busch Gardens with the family the day before, so between that and walking the 6 miles on Sunday, I was done. I came home and fell into a coma-like nap that lasted til almost 6pm Sunday night.
Funny how just a month ago we were walking in 45 degree temps and talking about hot chocolate during our walk. This week it was over 80 and we were dreaming of Slurpees!
March 14th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
6 miles, and my Sister and Niece would not allow me to take a 5 min break at the halfway point! Someone please tell them that there are “breaks” on the real walk, and that my body is older and needs to rest!