Since the guy I have been walking with is gone for a week I decided to try something different. I wanted to see if I could do seven miles this morning. Six walking and one swimming. I decided to walk from home to the Haul Road and hike to Virgin Creek. Retrace my steps and continue on to the V.Star Pool, swim a mile and then go home. Pre-planning via GMap Pedometer my total walk should be six miles. In actuality it ended up being 6.2. My total time to walk, swim, shower was three hours. 6:00 to 9:00. Not bad.
The reason I did this is because I have been thinking about what I would like to do to mark my 70th birthday. I have noticed there are one hundred days between January 1st and April 10th. If I could "do" seven miles a day for one hundred days I would celebrate my seven hundredth mile on my birthday!!
Pretty crazy. If I missed any days because of a cold or some other reason it would be really hard to "catch up". Maybe I should just stay home, lay on the couch and watch Planet Earth instead.
Oops! I don't have a tee vee. :-)
By the way, work is underway for the Fort Bragg Skate Park! About time!! The trees are growing along Franklin Street (top photo) and a jogger on the Trestle Bridge during this morning's walk.
I say you go for it, Ron! Maybe on the days you're feeling really great, you can "do" an extra half-mile or so, and "bank" the extra distance in case you have an off day. What a wonderful goal!
ReplyDeleteYou could start now instead of Jan 1. Then you'd have some cushion. I like the idea!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I liked your first and second pics on this post a LOT!