Tomorrow is the day!
I need to get into a full blown workout routine so that I will be ready to take my 500 mile walk in September. I have wanted to get re-started but have rationalized that I was too busy helping with Critter Camp at the Humane Society...and that it was too freakin' hot outside. Both of those things are true...but winners don't let "busi-ness" stop them from achieving goals, right?
I volunteered to work with the Humane Society of San BernardinoValley, as they offered a summer Critter Camp for 50 young children. The camp was held from 8:30 to 12:30, but as volunteers we usually hung around and helped clean up for a while after the children left. By then, it was around 103 to 108 degrees outside. It was hard enough to sit on my scorching car seat let alone go home and start working out. I don't have regular air conditioning in my house, just two window fans. So, it really wasn't me just using random fake excuses, they were real...but they shouldn't have stopped me none-the-less. When times get tough, the tough find creative ways around it. Grrrrr.....
It's time for me to get creative. I have 74 days to start getting used to walking all day. I need to be strong. It's time to get real. My plane ticket to Spain is non-refundable!
I have been walking here in town and up in the local mountains since January. I had made a New Year's resolution to walk 6 days a week and kept it up fairly well until recently, but I still haven't walked further than 5.2 miles a day. I need to get used to walking 15 miles a day, day after day, with a 20 lb. backpack strapped on me! The most I've had on my back since January was 11 lbs. I think I'd better pack up some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and hit the road in the morning.
(walking in the rain, 2017)
(Cougar Crest Trail, Big Bear California)
I am going to blog about any obstacles I came across. I'm hoping to report about the solutions I found instead of how the obstacles stayed obstacles.
Wish me luck
Peace!
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