One of the things I have to think about is my poor old dog. I don't want him to miss out on his walk but I also don't want to push him too hard - our walks are normally limited to 30 minutes per day in the cool of the day.
Anyway, yesterday was day one and for some reason we had to reset our pedometers at lunchtime and start recording from them - goodbye 2-3,000 steps for me...Never mind, I went pretty hard and when I got home grabbed Barty McFarty and we hit the road doing approx 45 minutes. He seemed fine although took it easy for the rest of the night. I ended up on about 7,600 steps for the day.
Today, I set the alarm for o-dark thirty and after a quick brekkie the two of us hit the road again knocking out another 30 minute walk before work. At work I got around a fair bit and by the time I got home had less than 2,000 steps to go to hit the magical 10k. Sticking to my plan for the day I got the mower out and mowed my back lawns which got me up to the target. A bit more wandering around now has me on 11,800 with not long before its time to hit the hay - not a bad effort.
The plan for tomorrow is to do the pre-work walk again. I'm not sure what I'll do after work - I should go to the gym but whether I'll need a wee walk prior to get my 10k we'll have to see.
So not a bad start but I can see a couple of days coming up soon (motorcycle riding) where it may be hard work. I'll just have to make a decent effort to get a walk or trip to the gym in...
Just for something to do (other than walking) I might update the blog as the challenge continues (8 weeks of it planned).
No comments:
Post a Comment