Yesterday I actually drove to downtown Lexington, Virginia all by myself. I parked in a nicely arranged parking lot with stairs at the end, and went for a walk. And then I climbed up one stair and back down and then two stairs and down and then THREE steps up and down.
Talk about self congratulatory pride! I felt like Rocky!
And then I walked on level ground for about 20 more minutes.
HURRAH!
Big Foot complained a bit but we managed to ignore all that. “I am woman. I am strong. I am invincible!”
Of course walking in a parking lot is not too exciting. There are certainly not many photo ops, but the sun was shining yesterday with a cool little nip in the air, and the traffic was nil, and I took my trusty cane for balance. That little parking lot is now my personal training track!
In the good old days around 1998 the goal was to walk 10,000 steps. But my pedometers don’t work anymore. I suspect it is because the goal is now low low low! What pedometer would be caught displaying 150 steps anyway?
So out with the pedometers.
Now the goal is just some time moving….. any time moving….. just moving.
Today I feel pressure to enter a blog post.
What about all that beneficial walking?
To do or not to do? That is the question.
Walking is more important really.
But blogging is a good excuse not to do what I set out to do yesterday.
I promise I will start walking again tomorrow.
Virginia Views 