"Ministry Of The SIlly Walk"...4.1 - 73.33

Well it looks like the training plan is going into a "tapering down" phase for the longer walks but at the same time it is bumping up the shorter walks....

A few weeks before the marathon it will be raising the distance for everything!

*ack*

I am digging it though, feeling stronger when I walk and less sore when I come home..

iPOD: "Walk Idiot, Walk" by The Hives (not a word of a lie!..heeHEEhee....syncronicity or what?)

Time: 69 minutes!

Moving on up!!!! 3.23 - 69.23

A nice night for a walk, I noticed on my google map (I love google maps) that I had been going a titch under 3 miles on my short walk..but I always ended up going longer on my long walk..

anyways, I have made my 3 mile walks a tad longer now so it'll all even out..

I am looking for a form of cross training for my non-walking days, so I had a chat today with a co-worker who also is "fitness" trainer, he seemed to lookdown his nose on my walking as a form of exercise and suggested I should just do his form of fitness class instead... Which was odd because a lot of my reading in regards to fitness ends up praising walking.. He made a comment about me "learning the words before the alphabet"...very condesending and it made me a little mad.. Truth be told, my initial reaction was to say "Look F&*kholio! you put a 50lb rucksack on your back and walk my nine mile route and then talk to me aout the gawd damned alphabet!!

I still plan on trying the fitness class but with a different trainer..

or maybe I am just hypersensitive and misread the whole situation..

No real pain today, very strong and aware...

iPOD: "Darling I Go": The Moovers

Time: 54 Minutes

Today's episode is brought to you by the number 8! 8.15 - 66

A nice day for a long walk, I suspect as the distance increases I will have to start my walks a little arlier..since today’s walk took me 2:29...

What a great walk though, it was cool, no wind and there was a lot to see, in random order...

Things that made me go "hhHMmm?"

An ad for Pomegranate gum.. YUCK!!!

A headless Barbie doll in front of a house..

Walked by a "hot yoga class"...if I was skinnier I might try one of those...

I also gave an old man in a wheelchair a toonie for a cup of coffee..

I was a little achy starting out but once I hit my rhythm the walk went great! I was strong on the hills and aware of my surroundings.. Once I stopped walking though....

whoa momma!!! Advil time!

I have been at this for 5 weeks and I am starting to feel a little better, sharper..

iPOD: " Has Been" by William Shatner..a very fitting song..it is all about the potential to regain your greatness..A good omen for me wanting a return of a healthier, stronger Tony..

Time: 2: 29! A great time..might be an 18 minute pace..on flat land I might even be faster! but no pressure..

...boop-pah...boop-pah--boop-BAHHHhhh!!!....3 - 57.85

wow! eating all those bananas is really doing the job! and maybe I am getting a little more fit with all of the walking too! :P

No pain in my calves, my lower back is a little sore..but I felt really strong today and very aware of the terrain..

If I was dumber I could have tried to walk faster...but I am learning about moderation...sorta! ;)

iPOD: "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO

TIME: 53:00

I can't be still!!! 3 - 54.85

Great walk today..

I "banana'd up" and hydrated...no pain in my calves and a slight ache in my back...

For a change of pace I walked in the opposite direction I usually do..

I might try that again sometime..

iPOD: "Can't Be Still" by Booker T & The MG's

Time : 53 minutes

A good walk today! 7.3 - 51.85

Well, I started out a little later than I would have liked, but I still got a really good walk in today.. There were some hills too so it wasn't all "easy-peasy"

I was a little nervous due to all the issues I have been having with my calves etc..but the bananas really helped..gonna keep eating them..I also had a good nights sleep...

I wonder if there is a corrleation between sitting all day and then going out for a walk?

Tomorrow I will start adding somne cross training on my non-walking days...ease into it with some Tae-Bo!

iPOD: "Crazy" Gnarls Barkley

Time: 2:09 minutes to walk 7.3 miles..

Bah-nah-nah-nahhhhhhh... 3 - 40.15

Ok...I channeled my inner monkey and for the past two days I have eaten 4 bananas and while I was still a little achey at the start of my walk..It ended up being a good one and my speed up the hills was great! I am going to stick to this banana + advil training regimin...

I also stretched out a little before hand...I am also wondering if I should walk up a flight of stairs or two a little while before hand to get my body ready for the walk?

This saturday is a big 7 miles..I am gonna banana it up before hand and start out really easy...

iPOD: :"Stomp Of King Porter" by The Manhatten Transfer

Time: 54:00

Yes! I had no banana!!!! 3-37.15

Well, I had another achey walk...my lower back and left calf were killing me for most of the route...I even took it slow..

Which was weird because saturday I walked twice as far and didn't hurt a bit..I was even walking up hills...

On Thursday I am gonna eat a banana 4 hours before hand and I am even gonna have a banana on Wednesday..I am even gonna stretch a bit before hand and of course have an advil..and water..

iPOD: "It's a Kind Of Magic" by Queen

Time: About an hour, I was taking it slow on purpose..

I am nervous and excited about Thursday..

go-go-wough-wough-go-go.....6-34.15

So, I have to confess with the painful debecle of my previous Thursday walk..I was very..*VERY* nervous about todays long walk..The last walk was painful, my calves were swollen and yesterday I was *still* very sore..So I was a little afraid this walk would be the same but for two hours instead of one..

Luckily that wasn't the case at all and todays walk was great..

But I made a few mistakes that I wanted to rectify for todays long walk..

1) Drink a lot of water before I go out...

2) Take an advil one hour before my walk (got this advice from a co-work who is a semi-pro goalie)

3) Ease into a nice tempo and don't start out superfast..

It worked! I had a great walk and my legs aren't swollen and I am not *bad* sore..

I am 3 weeks in and feeling great, my clothes are a little looser too...I have to remember to take it easy, last Thursday I put too much pressure on me and ended up tensing up and walking fast but sloppy..very stupid.. think of tempo, breathing and nice foot placement..

iPOD: "Neurosis" by "The Book Of Lists"

Time: 2hours-ish..(I ran into a friend and had a brief chat)

two steps forward, one step back!! 3-28.15

It was a beautiful night for a brisk walk, no rain, dry sidewalks and I was rarin' to go!!!

The weird thing was my calves started tensing up and were concrete hard, every step was very uncomfortible...I kept on going because usually as I walk I loosen up and soon I am not stiff or achey....

But whoa Momma!

Not today!!

NO SIR!! every step was painful, like people were shoving spikes into the tendons in my shins.....

but I still motored on...stupid I know..but I had to...

When I got home I noticed my legs were really puffy and there were indentations around my ankles as if I had been shackled..

I am going to investigate this and also look into "looser" socks to wear on my big saturday walk..

iPOD Song: "Town Called Malice" by The Jam

Time: 51 minutes

I'm walkin' ovah hewah..Walkin'!!! 3/25.15

Well it was a good walk today truth be told, I wasn't in as much pain in my back or shins and it wasn't too cold..


WheeEEee!!!


iPOD Song: "Some More Microphones" by Propellerheads

Time: 52 minutes

Operation "Walk & Roll" 5.3 / 22.15

so today, I decided to incorperate my long trainig walk with my weekly trip to the comicshop!

It was a very nice, crisp clear day and I met up with a friend for a cup of coffee along the way..

(Though I did look kind of dumb in my shorts and bright yellow "walking jacket"..)

iPOD song: "From Russia With Love" by Matt Munro

Time: Hard to say...we stopped a lot to talk to people.. but it was one hour and fourty seven minutes..