Today I put on my new shoes (did I tell you I won free shoes from RYKA? Go to www.Ryka.com to enter to win your own!) and put John in the jogger stroller and said we were going to for a walk. I was actually prepared with a book and a toy for him, MP3 player and sunglasses for me, along with the cell phone, kleenexes, and a bottle of water. I had a few books to return to a friend, and I figured that would be a good, although long walk.
We made it. It took me over an hour, what with stopping there for a minute to see if she was home and getting a drink. There’s one big hill that we had to go up and down, but the rest was quite level. By the time we got to her house, I thought “What was I thinking?! Why on earth would I think I could walk this far AND BACK!” I wanted to quit, but since I was 2.1 miles from my house (I looked it up when I got home), we had to turn around and come back home. When we passed our church, which is still about 3/4 a mile from home, I rejoiced. I’m almost home!!!
John was such a good boy in the stroller the whole time I told him we could stop at his friend’s house when we were done and see if he could play. When I got there, I’m sure I looked a sight. Red face, sweaty clothes, and just about ready to pass out.  “Oh, you’ve been out walking,” she said when she saw my sweaty red face and jogger stroller. When I told her where I had walked, she said, “That’s a 5K!” Wow, I hadn’t thought of that. She tried to convince me that it would be really fun for a bunch of us to run/walk a 5k together. Ha! She’s a runner. She runs 3 miles at a time while this is the very first time I’ve walked 4 miles. But, yes, I told her I would think about it. It’s a Halloween 5k in American Fork at the end of October in the evening.
No promises made here, but I’ll think about it.
good on you
I walk most days
for 1/2 an hour at a time
keep it up alone or with the group its very good exercise
My little man likes the walks too
hes learning a lot about farm animals and vechiles 🙂
I love to walk !!!
I will never be a runner, I swear it! But walking is good. Since my oldest started kindy a couple weeks ago, I pack up the three (and a half) kids and set out. It’s been good, even if I get worn out. The sad part? It’s only three blocks! 😆
Paige, you won my PIF book exchange! Drop me a line with your address and I’ll put An Abundance of Katherines in the mail to you!
paige,
i don’t have your email, so i decided to make a comment. first off, how do you happen to win everything!?! amazing! ryka sent me a note today saying, “sorry you didn’t win (blah, blah, blah!) anyways, i was wondering if you could send me a little note regarding your little reflections skit. our pta is dying for ideas.
thanks!
diane (janice’s friend)
And you did that in brand new RYKA shoes?? Do you have tons of blisters now? Good job walking a 5K–I really think you should do a 5K. I’d walk it with you if you want to do it!