My Monday schedule typically interferes with my 10 running/walking miles per day goal. On Monday mornings, I need to fit in my volunteer job, a Taz run/walk, and my fitness class - all before 10 a.m. By the time all that is done, my enthusiasm for getting out the door for a run or walk is usually overtaken by a very strong desire for something to eat. By then, it's almost afternoon and the To Do list generally needs attending to.
Today was a wee bit different. The 9 a.m. fitness class was cancelled, but we replaced it with an 8:30 coffee meet up with an old friend. Thus the pace of the morning was sped up a bit leading up to the coffee date, then eased up nicely as we had a relaxed visit which I followed with a leisurely trot home. As I tackled my To Do list, Kendall took the car in for an oil change and walked home while they worked on the car. It dawned on me that he would be walking back to fetch the car so, ah ha!, why not walk with him - but keep on walking past the car place and get the rest of my day's miles in.
The new plan in place, I hustled through my ToDo's and was ready to go with Kendall toward the car. It turns out this pointed me toward a neighborhood with many running memories: a rendezvous spot where a friend and I met for years at 5 a.m. for a loop around the neighborhood, one of the toughest hills I've ever done repeats on, the zigzag route I would take to/fro another running buddy's house. Today, at my walking pace, I was able to truly admire the gardens, birds, homes, buzzing bees, tall tall trees and blue blue sky. It also dawned on me that this was the very first time I had actually walked, rather than run, most of these streets. Walking isn't all bad - and, today, it did get me to my 10-mile goal in addition to offering a lovely tour of southwest Boulder!
As I was getting closer to home, I realized I should have a picture for today's blog entry, and, really, just to commemorate the day. Fortunately, a glorious photo opportunity presented itself!
...not slowing down, just enjoying the journey
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