It hardly seems like anything now, but it was a breakthrough of sorts for me. When I was training for the 50 mile walk, I walked from our house to Lake Merced. We walked around the lake twice and then I called TH to come get me.
That walk was 11.5 miles, and I was exhausted and hurting all over, I couldn't move and it took much longer then expected. But the thing was I couldn't have for the life of me walked back up the hill. Even if I only walked once around the lake.
Yesterday we did a short cut (probably shaved a half mile to a mile off the walk) but we still ended up walking 7.2 miles and the last half was all up hill.
T wasn't really sure what we were doing and when we got to the parking lot we usually park at she frantically looked for the car. And then I had to spend the next 20 minutes explaining to her that we didn't park there and we had to keep going. She kept trying to turn me around to go back to the parking lot.
She is the only dog I have known that decides when she has had enough and tries to turn around. She will stop and look at me with those big brown eyes and I can almost hear her - why do we keep walking - I am done had a good time lets go home and bark.
Anyway my feet did hurt, I don't know what I am going to do about my poor tootsies, they always seem to be hurting, the blisters, the toenails gouging the toes, no matter how many shoes I buy, I just can't seem to find that magical pair.
And after walking for 133 minutes I just didn't have the energy to exercise for another half our so I could make my 1000 calorie workout goal. You would think that a two hour walked should do it, and ten months ago it would, now it is only 840 (that is walking a 3.5 mile) - oh the pain of it all.
That walk was 11.5 miles, and I was exhausted and hurting all over, I couldn't move and it took much longer then expected. But the thing was I couldn't have for the life of me walked back up the hill. Even if I only walked once around the lake.
Yesterday we did a short cut (probably shaved a half mile to a mile off the walk) but we still ended up walking 7.2 miles and the last half was all up hill.
T wasn't really sure what we were doing and when we got to the parking lot we usually park at she frantically looked for the car. And then I had to spend the next 20 minutes explaining to her that we didn't park there and we had to keep going. She kept trying to turn me around to go back to the parking lot.
She is the only dog I have known that decides when she has had enough and tries to turn around. She will stop and look at me with those big brown eyes and I can almost hear her - why do we keep walking - I am done had a good time lets go home and bark.
Anyway my feet did hurt, I don't know what I am going to do about my poor tootsies, they always seem to be hurting, the blisters, the toenails gouging the toes, no matter how many shoes I buy, I just can't seem to find that magical pair.
And after walking for 133 minutes I just didn't have the energy to exercise for another half our so I could make my 1000 calorie workout goal. You would think that a two hour walked should do it, and ten months ago it would, now it is only 840 (that is walking a 3.5 mile) - oh the pain of it all.
11.5 miles is a long way! Our Sawyer Camp/Old Lake Trail round trip was a bit over 12 miles & we were beat as we came up the hill.
ReplyDeleteTSH needs to get back in better walking shape (which is way poorer shape than jogging/running) so that you can have more company.
Sunday morning walk this weekend?