I started out the spring walking about a mile in a nearby community as it was flat, and after 15 years in New England, I am still pretty much a flatlander. (Grew up in Central Illinois.)
My angels and guides recently told me that they want me to walk a different route. I could have said no, but off I went. The picture at the left is a picture of part of the shortcut from my condo property to the nearby street.
I kept walking and walking. I even mumbled silently to myself about whether they were sure if they really wanted me to walk to where they wanted me to walk. Trudge, trudge, trudge. I am just not a fast walker. But I kept at it because it was what they suggested. Interestingly, I quickly became uninterested in walking in the nearby community after the first time out. Maybe because it was a different one than I had been walking? Maybe because it was a bit more challenging?
I decided that it would be nice to know how many steps the walk is. A mile is, on average, 2,000 steps. I figure that my mile might be a bit more than that as I'm sure I don't have the longest stride around. I loaded up a pedometer app after finding out that the old fashioned ones are pretty much a thing of the past. I tried it out this morning. My current walking route is 4,220 steps - or 1.79 miles if my stride is the average. It gave me the calories burned, which I think are the same walking or running. The aerobic effect is different between the 2, just not the calories burned. Hmm.
And, there seems to be a path off this route that people have created. Maybe a short exploration is in order just to see.
It's a good thing that I didn't know how much more the walk was, although I knew it was longer. I just might not have followed through with the task given me. No wonder I feel a bit tired after this walk.
Now to remember to google New England wildflowers because, well, I just don't the names of very many. I'd like to know what to call the ones I'm seeing.
My angels and guides recently told me that they want me to walk a different route. I could have said no, but off I went. The picture at the left is a picture of part of the shortcut from my condo property to the nearby street.
I kept walking and walking. I even mumbled silently to myself about whether they were sure if they really wanted me to walk to where they wanted me to walk. Trudge, trudge, trudge. I am just not a fast walker. But I kept at it because it was what they suggested. Interestingly, I quickly became uninterested in walking in the nearby community after the first time out. Maybe because it was a different one than I had been walking? Maybe because it was a bit more challenging?
I decided that it would be nice to know how many steps the walk is. A mile is, on average, 2,000 steps. I figure that my mile might be a bit more than that as I'm sure I don't have the longest stride around. I loaded up a pedometer app after finding out that the old fashioned ones are pretty much a thing of the past. I tried it out this morning. My current walking route is 4,220 steps - or 1.79 miles if my stride is the average. It gave me the calories burned, which I think are the same walking or running. The aerobic effect is different between the 2, just not the calories burned. Hmm.
And, there seems to be a path off this route that people have created. Maybe a short exploration is in order just to see.
It's a good thing that I didn't know how much more the walk was, although I knew it was longer. I just might not have followed through with the task given me. No wonder I feel a bit tired after this walk.
Now to remember to google New England wildflowers because, well, I just don't the names of very many. I'd like to know what to call the ones I'm seeing.
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