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BACKGROUND:

I have not been able to walk consistently for quite a while...since I messed up my knee on the recumbent bike in August(don't ask).

It had gotten so bad that I didn't even go shopping with WildRoss, or even girl friends! (oh my!)

My MO was to walk as fast as I had when I was doing 5k's and training for a mini TRI - and I would burn out, and hurt for days.

 

I had been working on walking with a cart/buggy in stores, with that stop and start type of walking...but I had not tried a 'distance' walk.

It was my goal to be able to walk 1 mile in 3 months(like, April) - trying to keep my expectations low.

 

My goal this challenge was to walk w/o pain...or just to walk 10-15 minutes, even if I had to do it 5 minutes at a time!

 

While reading some threads last night, I noticed one about I think, fasting low intensity activity to burn fat...to walk keeping the HR in the fat burning rate.

 

  • The dog needs to bee walked in the morning.
  • I am fasting when I get up.
  • If I keep my HR in the fat burning range, I won't walk too fast.
  • The dog will be very happy.

 

So - I tried it.....

  • Distance 1.18 miles
  • Time: 30:59
  • speed a little faster than 2 mph!!!
  • HR started to lower(I need to work on endurance/HR because of the uber sedentary lifestyle).
  • Dog (Gabriel) is VERY HAPPY!

 

I WALKED A MILE AND DIDN'T HURT MYSELF!!!

LOOK MA! NO CART/BUGGY!

 

 

If I can keep this up, I can walk at the T4 meet up in Dallas!

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