This morning I woke up at 7:30am (thanks to my cat), and since I couldn't sleep I decided that I would go take a walk. I had mapped out a couple of routes on Google maps and had one that was almost exactly 4 miles. I figured it was early enough in the day that I could go that far and be home before it got too hot.
Well I brought along my camel back (best invention ever - a must have when living in St. George) and my iPod and set out. I was not the only one out that early, I was passed (I didn't do any passing) by several people, two of whom were wearing Iron Man t-shirts and looked like they belonged on a cover of a fitness magazine. I turned after they passed me and enjoyed the view. :)
The bad part about walking around where I live is that no matter which way I go the last leg of my walk is going to be uphill (unless I hike the faux volcano again). The last mile was all uphill and into the sun. The last block was the steepest of all and I pretty much wanted to kill myself by the time I dragged myself into my driveway.
So, the lessons learned from today's exercise include don't buy a house at the top of a hill if you plan on taking a lot of walks. Always take your camelback with you if you're walking around in St. George in June (or several other months). Make sure the route that you take has sidewalks on it, there was about a two block section that didn't have a side walk and it was on a busy road. And last but not least: make sure you can handle a three mile hike before you tackle a four mile hike!
Oh, and I weighted myself this morning, which I usually don't do (I usually avoid the scale like the plague), but I was curious. Anyway, the numbers were much easier to look at than they were yesterday, so now I just need to keep it up for the next two weeks.
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