Today we walked Lake Merced - I have a new goal of walking 4 miles in an hour so I decided that we would try and catch up to people as we walked instead of always being passed by. So off we went with our new goal in mind. I was really pushing it, really wanted to do the fifteen minute mile (I know I know it doesn't sound that fast but it isn't something we have ever done yet...)
I really thought we were doing it I thought I could maybe have one fifteen minute mile so I am sitting there sweating up a storm T is foaming and I keep pushing - pushing. I wouldn't even let her dump - such a mean mom am I. So I see this woman ahead of us and she is talking on the phone so I push T to catch and pass her because - well because that was my goal for the day to pass all walkers. So we pull along side her and pass her and then the next thing I know she comes charging up and starts keeping pace with us. Now this just isn't going to work with T - she gets confused and thinks that we have a new friend and she wants to meet and greet her, so I am fighting with my baby to keep going and she wants to check out the chick next to us. I finally fall back to let her go as fast as she wants (probably doing a fifteen minute mile) and we drink some water - let T do her business and she is gone -
10 minutes later there she is again just sauntering along - and I know the minute I catch up to her she is going to be gone like a bat out of hell, so I catch up to her and yup she ups her pace to slow jog. Man I don't want to play who can walk faster - I just want to do my 15 minute mile - so we let her go again only to catch up to her again this time we were close to the car so I just let T do her horse bit and she could have only passed up is if she actually did start running. But she did really try...
I also learned something really important - if you walk faster then you don't go as far... Figure that one out.
For anyone who is wondering - we only managed 3.5 miles an hour - but I still have a month to get it up to 4...
I really thought we were doing it I thought I could maybe have one fifteen minute mile so I am sitting there sweating up a storm T is foaming and I keep pushing - pushing. I wouldn't even let her dump - such a mean mom am I. So I see this woman ahead of us and she is talking on the phone so I push T to catch and pass her because - well because that was my goal for the day to pass all walkers. So we pull along side her and pass her and then the next thing I know she comes charging up and starts keeping pace with us. Now this just isn't going to work with T - she gets confused and thinks that we have a new friend and she wants to meet and greet her, so I am fighting with my baby to keep going and she wants to check out the chick next to us. I finally fall back to let her go as fast as she wants (probably doing a fifteen minute mile) and we drink some water - let T do her business and she is gone -
10 minutes later there she is again just sauntering along - and I know the minute I catch up to her she is going to be gone like a bat out of hell, so I catch up to her and yup she ups her pace to slow jog. Man I don't want to play who can walk faster - I just want to do my 15 minute mile - so we let her go again only to catch up to her again this time we were close to the car so I just let T do her horse bit and she could have only passed up is if she actually did start running. But she did really try...
I also learned something really important - if you walk faster then you don't go as far... Figure that one out.
For anyone who is wondering - we only managed 3.5 miles an hour - but I still have a month to get it up to 4...
Since TSH was a sprinter in an earlier life, he knows quite well that going out fast means going a lot less distance. 100/200/400 rules & stop then and watch the milers!
ReplyDelete3.5mph is better than the average we've been doing which has been more like 3mph (or perhaps even a bit less on longer walks).
Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of T3 & TSH - Sawyer Camp/Old Lake Road awaits us.
We got NEW shoes at REI & they'll get field tested today!
And I thought it was only guys who didn't like to be passed. When I visit, I'll show you how to knock her **** in the dirt.
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