Exercise: - What : neighborhood walk
- Time: 32 minutes
- Distance: 1.6 miles
- Minutes/mile : 19
A hard walk today. We have all these things to do around the house for the HOA and I was out running errands for that while Mike worked late so we didn't finish dinner until almost 7. Add the late afternoon stress to the work stress throughout the day and I didn't really feel like exercising. It was the perfect weather for a walk though and I might not get any exercise this weekend while we are out of town, so I couldn't let a day slip by. My stomach cramped almost as soon as I got going and my feet started complaining not long after. (I really hope that during our vacation in July my feet can completely recuperate. For now, I am just pushing through the pain.) Anyway, usually after I start walking, my mind clears and I become eerily calm. Not today, I just kept running through the list of things I had to do when I got home so I made it a short but not so fast one. I still have a couple more things to do for the HOA tomorrow, but we are almost there.
My sister has agreed to run a 5K with me in September, there is one in her home town (45 minutes south of DC). It will give me something to shoot for, a nice warm up race before the half marathon to make it all feel real. I keep looking for 10Ks in November, but haven't found a local one yet. I may have to do a destination run.
# posted by amy @ 9:03 PM
