9 Miles...Check & a Reality Check

The weather in Boston is perfect for training!  Sunday we got in a 9-mile training walk.  It was a great chance to try out our gear and learn what works/what doesn't.   It was a sunny but not overly hot day, so that helped make the walk pretty nice.  It was also great to get out on the roads and walk; walking at the park on the track works, but it's much easier to make the time & the miles pass when you're actually walking somewhere.

We were averaging 20 minutes miles and it felt like a nice, relaxed pace.  We stopped 4 times and at the end, we were tired but felt pretty good, considering.  I thought I'd be sore today being the day after, but I have to say that I'm happily surprised that I wasn't.  Kathey got a little of that 'road rash' as they call it on her ankle and I got a hot spot on my foot (but no blister yet, thankfully!) so we in pretty good shape all in all.

It's going to be a really hot week later in the Northeast (someone said almost 100 on Wednesday?!) and little K is out of school as of Tuesday, so training is going to be a bit of a challenge in the coming weeks.  We do have plans for some walks while she's in summer camp, but it's going to take much more effort when I don't get those school hours to train.  One way or another, it'll get done.

My recently diagnosed friend of a friend had her mastectomy last week.  She's recovering & getting ready to learn the rest of her treatment plan.  Stay strong & fight hard.  You're not alone; your fight is our fight.  We're all in this together to find a cure.  

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.  ~Winston Churchill

~A