Now that's a walk

[christopher575]

This morning I felt ready to try a longer walk. Back before I worked from home, five miles was a typical day, and Sundays were usually more like 8-10 miles. It's been especially frustrating to get "fitness flashback" emails from MapMyRun showing what I did two years ago. I finally unsubscribed. Anyway, this morning it just felt right, so I went for it.

As I got about halfway through today's route, which of course would be the furthest I'd get from home, it occurred to me that I should start carrying my bus pass. The initial part's easy, because it's mostly downhill, so if I got that far away and suddenly didn't want to walk back, it'd be nice to have an alternative. I suppose if it were an emergency, I could always grab an Uber, too. They recently launched here.

It also occurred to me how interesting views are when they're a mix of historic homes and industrial complexes.



I found a little park I'd never noticed before, Depot Park.



This route took me back through the Forgotten Creek Natural Area. I'd been through once before, only it was the other direction. It's quite a climb. And apparently a great place to change a 'pon.



Pain was minimal. I didn't have to stop. It was a great walk.



3.35 miles in an hour and 11 minutes. I included the graph at the bottom because I'm proud of the 337ft climb. Not sure when the app started counting steps, or whether it's an estimate or if it really measures each time the phone moves, but it says it was 7,589 steps. What a nice morning!

Comments

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

That's an impressive walk! They do say you should try and get to 10,000 steps a day don't they. I love my Fitbit Flex which tells me how many steps I've done each day.

[scearley.livejournal.com]

seems like the right number of steps - that's between 2 and 2.5 feet per step.

[hildeaux.livejournal.com]

"a 'pon"

learned a new word today

[hildeaux.livejournal.com]

oh hey since i'm here i guess i should tell you, i am finally getting fucked off facebook. they are now demanding an ID showing my name. so i guess what i'm going to do is give them my ID and use my real name on my profile just long enough to get everything downloaded, and then delete it forever. i still want to go to your friend's book club though :( do you know if there's any other place where they update their meeting dates/times/etc?

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Emailed her to ask. We'll see!

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Ok, you probably saw that this month's book is "My Lunches with Orson" by Henry Jaglom and they're meeting at Liberty Glass June 28th at 6pm. They don't post anywhere else so show up and werk it IRL.

[hildeaux.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I already put a hold on it at the library, and I just realized I forgot to pick it up today. I knew there was something I'd forgotten. ARGH

[hildeaux.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I already put a hold on it at the library, and I just realized I forgot to pick it up today. I knew there was something I'd forgotten. ARGH