Week 2: A Work in Progress

Sunday
Distance: 4 miles

The rain was pouring down in the morning, but expected to clear up by mid-day. By the time it did, and I was ready to go I realized I wasn't going to have enough time to get my four miles in and then make it to my 3:30 haircut appointment on time.

I started playing around with Gmap Pedometer and looking for options when I decided I could walk part of the way to the mall and then metro the rest. That would have given me 2.5 miles each way, more than I needed, not a bad thing, but not something I was feeling motivated to do either. Still, as it seemed like my best option, I headed out.  

About 10 minutes in to the walk I wondered what the distance would be to walk all the way to the mall. A quick check showed it was three miles. Then I had the light bulb moment that I live 1 mile from a different metro stop.  And a new plan was born!

I managed to get to my haircut exactly on time and had a rain free walk for both segments. 

Tuesday
Distance: 3 miles

I decided on Monday night that I wanted to get my 3 miles in before work today. I packed my lunch and my clothes for the day, had the exercise clothes set out and was completely prepared to wake up and quickly get out the door. 

Yeah... even with that level of prep I'm still just slow moving in the morning and left 10 minutes later than I needed. 

By the time I made it to work and stepped on the treadmill it was almost 7:50. Somehow I managed to do get my 3 miles in, get into the locker room at 8:42 and was at my desk, hair blown dry and everything, by 9:05.

It was frantic, and stressful and not really the ideal start to the day but, I got it done and that's what counts.

Let's hope the rest of this weeks walks come with a few less logistics to manage!