Walking

I have been walking alot. Just ask anyone in this town. I get comments all the time about how somebody saw me walking the other day. It's really a bit commical. But, I have also had some people ask me about how I track my walks. I have borrowed a case that straps to my wrist and holds my phone and I use an app that tracks wherever I go on my Android phone. It's called mytracks. I'm not going to say that it's the best app you can find, because I just heard someone else say they use it and so I downloaded it and that's what I have been using. But, it works well, so why fix something that isn't broken. The app uses a gps signal and tracks the length of time that I walk, the number of miles that I walk, and the average speed for my walk. That's really all I need to know. Oh, and it also shows a map of where I went. That's kind of neat to look at once in a while, but not really important info.

I like to average at least 4-5 miles for each walk and lately I have been walking over 4 miles an hour. If you aren't a big walker, that might not mean much to you, but for me, this is monumental. When I started, my fellow bacon lovers figured that we would need to average at least 3.6 miles per hour in order to finish our half marathon in the 4 hour time limit. And let me tell you that I was not sure I would be able to do it. So, to be walking at 4 miles per hour or greater for 5 miles or more is just thrilling for me. Now I'm thinking about making my goal to finish the half marathon in 3 1/2 hours.

The other day I was talking to my husband about the amount of weight I have lost and how I can't hardly wrap my head around the extra 75 pounds I had and how that felt and he suggested I take one of my walks with that amount of weight in a backpack. Now, I have been thinking about this and it sounds like a great thought provoking assignment, but I am kind of terrified at the thought. I might give it a try. But, I think I might have to do my walk at the high school track so I never get too far in case I'm not able to carry all that weight for the entire walk. That seems so weird to think that I couldn't carry that weight, when just a few months ago, I was carrying all that weight around 24/7. So, I will let you know if I attempt this experiment.