Walk with me...

I'm still walking, although I've fallen a bit out of step (ouch...too early in the post for a pun like that) during the month of September. I'm trying to get into a new three-times-a-week schedule (Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday), with Sunday being the long walk and Tues. and Thurs. being shorter ones. My goal is still not so mileage as time spent walking: I like to stay out at least two hours each time I go (three on Sundays). I've taken to walking later in the day, preferably 3:00-4:00 to start and back home by 6:00 or so. The daylight is really starting to dwindle out here by 7:00 and in another month daylight savings will kick in and it'll be dark around 6:00. Not that winter is an issue. If anything, the walking weather will be more comfortable.

I still have my set walks, but I've added a new one. I call it the "Goldfinch Variation." It involves about a six and 3/4 mile walk up through Hillcrest and down through Mission Hills to Little Italy, with a dog-leg over by the airport and then down the Embarcadero. That was my long walk this past Sunday. On Tuesday, I reversed that walk and ended up going around the Padres stadium, north on the Embarcadero to the airport entrance and back home through Little Italy (skipping the long hike up the hill to Hillcrest...I guess that's why they call it that, huh?). That was 4.25 miles.

Walking really clears my head and cheers me up. I still have my days of self-loathing (Tuesday was one of them) and a walk really helped. I know I'll never escape those days, but I'm thankful the walking thing has worked out for me and helped me not only to lose weight and get healthier, but also helps my mental well-being. I'm going to San Francisco next week for work and a little R&R, so I hope to get a bit more walking in up there. It's such a beautiful city to walk in.

But then again, I already live in a beautiful city to walk in...

Comments

[Laurel]

Keep up the walking. It shows it's doing you good. Makes me want to get out and walk.