Hello old friends. I still see there are people finding and reading, hope it helps and such. I'm doing a little perk update for May 2013. The meat of it, probably a 2 or 3 parter will be in the Life Is blog.
Basically I've kept up with everything in my nature, unfortunately weight too. Hit the gym daily, which I know is not the best as it will turn out. So I signed up for a 5K or 3.1 mile walk for the heart.
Well let me tell you, when I say not the best for the gym everyday I mean simply this. You cannot duplicate the out door environment. You cannot duplicate the terrain. I should have remembered this.
It was out east on the island, at some winery. It had been a gray and rainy week and the weather for Sunday was to be icky. Damp and in the high 50's to low 60's. I layered for rain and cold. Not a great idea.
Flannel lined jeans, extra warm, denim shirt, topped off with a fleece lined hoodie. There were a lot of people and we did raise over $70,000 so that was great.
On the treadmill I was doing 3.2 - 3.4 miles an hour at an incline of 2 or 3. Takes me somewhere in the low 20 range for 1.5 miles. So I was predicting time of no more than 45 miles.
I really don't know the exact humidity level, but with the rain it must have been high. I hadn't taken that into consideration at all. Afterall it's never humid in the gym!
The line up starts runners in the front, joggers behind, walkers behind them, strollers last. I was at the front of the walkers.
While I don't want to cheat anyone on this update let me conclude, it was a whole lot tougher than I thought. Grass and terrain, at the 30 min mark we reached the halfway mark. I finished not the dead last of the group. But in the last 10 people.
Glad I did it. And just wanted to say that I am still in full force of taking my life back. Thank you for all your support.
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