Laura and I met up at Lake Murray to get our first 10K (walking together) under our belts. 8:00 seems a little early on a Saturday morning to be up and exercising, but the Lake was hustling with other active people's athletic pursuits. Fishing, running, jogging, biking, roller blading--you name it!
While we do have an idea of what we want to accomplish at the gym when we are doing shorter work outs (like how I want to be able to do a consistent 15 minute mile on the Treadmill), our strategy for walking longer distances is about building stamina. Eventually, we're going to be walking 20 miles for three days straight! And, in all reality, when we're walking on city streets on sidewalks with hundreds of other walkers, we're just not going to be going at our top speed anyway! We kept up a good pace and enjoyed views of the surrounding nature. It's so much nicer to walk at the Lake than on a treadmill!
It's June Gloom around San Diego these days, and the sky stayed overcast until after 9:00. Then the sun was out and shining. We realized that as the summer progresses, we're going to want to meet earlier as the walks get longer to get done before it starts getting hot and sunny. We hauled our buns to the turn around point at the Lake and back, and successfully completed our first 10K (6.4 miles!).
Jenn "CinaBun" Kuyper
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