This morning, I walked 1.3 miles in 32 minutes which is 24.6 minutes per mile. The week of April 20th, I was walking at 28 minutes per mile, so in 4 weeks, the speed increased 13.75% or a little over 3% a week! That's pretty good considering that my walk schedule is far from consistent.
Four weeks ago, I wanted to follow the schedule here:From 0 to 30 in 10 Weeks. That would have a person running 30 minutes per day in 10 weeks. But I can't make it through that time without limping and feeling that tiny pain in the chest I feel when my heart starts it's stress reaction (which thanks to my thorough hear exam this year I know is safe- just time to slow down). While I didn't want to run, I definitely thought that I could brisk-walk the entire time starting out-about 5 minutes in, realized that wasn't going to happen, so slowed to a moderate walk for 5 minutes, then a slow walk for 5 minutes, then repeated the cycle. By the time I got home, realized that I could follow the 0 to 30 schedule by substituting brisk walking for running, doing moderate walking as much as possible, the slow walking when needed. Will keep you posted on that plan.What does the photo have o do with this? Nothing- but I like posting with photos- don't always take my camera with me, and have thousands of pictures on my hard drive. This was one of my early patio garden back in August 2010. When I look at all the plants I have now, it's amazing how much my garden has grown in less than 3 years! Which may be how this ties into the post- we started out small with a patio garden- now the patio is full and have a 3 by 10 community garden plot too! Maybe 3 years from now, I'll be amazed at how far I've come in my exercise! Here's hoping!
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