We haven’t been training recently due to trips and illness. Today was our first day back doing a long walk. We went 6.5 miles and could tell that we weren’t feeling quite up to our usual distance or pace. Even so it was a nice day. Warm, a few clouds, some sun, but not too […]
Category Archives: Walking
Shorter walk
Yesterday we went out for another walk. Since we were both tired from the 8.5 mile walk on Saturday we only went 4.5 miles and then caught the bus back home. Actually, from the stop to home is about .5 mile so we really walked about 5 miles yesterday.
A good morning walk
It was very early when we left this morning, drizzling, and a Saturday. That meant it was dark and there was almost no traffic on the roads. I took some photos which turned out very dark. Playing around I discovered gThumbs’ “enhance” feature which is pretty cool. It’s like turning on night vision after the […]
Early walk
This morning we’re walking 8.5 miles to Tumwater. I have a meeting at the library’s business office so we’re going to walk out there. I’ll try to get some pictures on the way. Oddly enough it was this walk that got me thinking about doing the marathon in the first place. It feels good to […]
10.5 miles
Today we walked 10.5 miles! Our walking has been going very well. It was still a bit foggy this morning on the lake at the start of the trail. A bit further up the path on the other part of the lake we startled some ducks. All in all it was a good walk. We’re […]
Marathon Trails
We’ve been walking out on the Chehalis-Western trail near here for our long walks. The trail provides a nice place to walk with markers ever 1/2 mile. This weekend we should be walking 10.5 miles, assuming we add another mile onto our long walk. Soon we’ll be starting a training plan for the marathon itself. […]
