Day 13 - Walks Part 2

Over two years ago I had decided to get in shape and to start by walking. It was going to be my 50th year resolution. So on the day of my birthday I dragged TH, M and T out into the beautiful outdoors. I knew to start off easy so I picked a wheelchair accessible walk (flat) with beautiful scenery. We all piled in the car and off we went. I was excited and took off like a bat out of hell. The weather was perfect for TH and I and both of the dogs seemed to be enjoying it. I wanted to walk to the end and back, which would be a five mile walk, piece of cake - yea if I were 10 years younger. The upshot I did the whole walk and needless to say I was a bit sore on the back half, but I thought it was a good soreness, something I could work out the next day.

The next day my leg was hurting and the soreness just didn't abate that much, but a resolution was a resolution, so I packed TH and the girls into the car and we went to the Empire Mine. They have walks all through the park and it is a popular place for locals to walk their dogs and ride their horses. As we got parked a lady came running up to us asking if we had seen her dog. We hadn't but by her dog getting ahead of her I had presumed that it was a off-leash park (law vs custom) so we let the dogs go free. All went well except for my leg, it just kept getting more and more painful to walk on, but I perservered. We passed many walkers very few dogs, but I was noticing that all those dogs were on leash, so I was beginning to think that maybe this was not an off leash park, just as we turned a corner and before I could stop her T went tearing straight for a big bully of a dog on-leash. As I have said before T gets dog frenzy, but once she meets a dog she is completely disinterested in them, so I never really worry about encounters as long as the owners don't get crazy. Well this owner went ballistic and T started to posture the other dog started to posture and the owner was screaming at me to get my dog. When I finally caught up (I had to run and I never run and it hurt like really bad) and got T the owner said some very nasty and hurtful things to me. And he kept saying them and cursing me until he was out of sight. That was it for me. I was embarrassed and hurt and promised never to return to that park again.

Those two walks did something to my leg and for the next year and a half I couldn't walk on the knee without pain. I even tried swimming but even that hurt. Finally the pain subsided enough that I can walk again. So what do I do? Sign of for a 50 mile walk in March!! But seriously, I am going to be more careful this time.

Which brings us to Saturday. Saturday I went back to that park by god I kept my dog on leash and prayed I wouldn't see that evil man, and had an uneventful walk - YEA!!!

Sooo where to today?