Week 4 plan

Monday: Rest (Good, because the weather will not be good for outdoor walking).

Tuesday: Cross-training (This is supposed to be a 3 mile day, but due to other commitments, I will swap Tuesday and Wednesday)

Wednesday: 3 miles

Thursday: 4 miles

Friday: Cross-training (Pilates for me)

Saturday: 5 miles

Sunday: 4 miles

The schedule ramps up fairly slowly, adding a mile to one walk or another for a few more weeks.

Sunday Training

I walked 3 miles (Yes, I walked almost exactly what the day's plan called for, can you believe it?). I just did a neighborhood walk. It took less than an hour (gotta like that!). No shin pain, no hip pain. And I am even beginning to sort of enjoying walking alone. Probably helped that I walked with my sisters yesterday, so today was a return to walking alone. There is something to be said for going when I want to go and walking at the pace I want to walk, which is oddly faster than I expected. Now, if the weather would just start to cooperate!

Saturday Training

I walked over 5.5 miles with all of my sisters. It was a good walk, the weather was decent, a bit chilly, but definitely not horrible. And the paths were all dry. My shins didn't hurt (YAY!) and my hips didn't hurt. In all a decent walk. Oh, and I found out we supposedly can't have ipods on the 3-day. ARGH!

Friday's training

Pilates. From a video. And some Wii batting practice and tennis.

I am supposed to walk 5 miles today (Saturday). It is cold, again, though the sun is out. I will probably wait until afternoon, to see if it warms up a little. It is only in the 20's right now....

Thursday training

It got cold! And it was windy. I contemplated walking outside, but since I doubt the windchill will be 20 degrees in August, I decided that was one type of weather I didn't need to train in. Instead, I went to my sister's house, she has a treadmill. That was the plan anyway, but since we both needed to do 4 miles, which takes more than an hour each, she took me to her athletic club as a guest. YAY! So we walked on treadmills side-by-side for 4 miles. And I managed to finish mine in just over an hour! I can walk faster on a treadmill, I think. That and I am getting faster overall.

I don't actually enjoy walking on the treadmill. My shins don't hurt as much, but it irritates my hips more. Good thing I don't have space for one anyway!

Wednesday Training

I didn't do pilates. I did do a little strength building (I walked on my heels again, too. It is getting easier!). And I worked out with the Wii. I did batting practice, I boxed, I bowled, and I played tennis. I think the batting practice will give me some sore arms tomorrow!

Tuesday Training

It rained all day. I dreaded walking all day. I don't like to get wet. But about 7 o'clock tonight I put on my rain suit--yes, I have a rain suit. I know, I said I lacked proper rain gear. I have a rain suit, but it isn't very breathable, so it get warm quite quickly. Still, it keeps me dry. So I put on the rain suit and my walking shoes. Then realized I didn't want to ruin my shoes by soaking them to the core. SO I dug out some ancient shoes that I have kept on the outside chance I ever have to mow the lawn. I put them on and I headed out. My hood lacks a bill so I had large drops falling into my eyes for a while, but then...IT STOPPED RAINING!!! And I even saw glimmers of sunshine! I walked 3.5 miles (because I stink at estimating and I didn't follow the original route because it stopped raining and I didn't feel the need to stay quite as close to home). I need to get waterproof shoes, though, because those ancient shoes should be put back where they came from...they really aren't good for walking anymore...