Competing for myself
Making a modification
to the timings of my walking exercises, I now get up at the break of dawn and
depending on when I step out from 6:00 AM to 6:30 AM, I can do between 10 to 12
kilometres, getting back home just before 8:00 AM to start work.
In the evenings, I
add a few more steps to my already fulfilled quota from the morning. I even
entered a competition for a medal that required I complete 5,000 steps every day for 4 days in a row. There were no additional medals for the 36,000+ steps I
did on the first day and the over 90,000 steps I had done by the fourth day.
My Manchester anew
In a few days, I
should reach 5,000,000 steps having done the bulk of that from an average of
60,000 steps a month in the last 2 and a half months. It is notable that I
completed 3,000,000 steps on the 31st of December, I have probably
not felt any fitter for 25 years.
Sometimes, my pace in
slow, I try not to compete against the clock, I have set enough personal
records that the sense of euphoria is becoming juvenile with every achievement.
The morning walk is routine, and the evening walks lead me on new discoveries
around my city. I am surprised that I am still seeing new places within miles
of my abode in the 7th year of my residency. You need curiosity and
interest to discover and experience.
My burden lightened
One thing that almost
frustrated me and left me wondering if there was much else, I could do was
getting my weight down, the last kilogramme has been the hardest to lose. It
would probably not remain as low but seeing 79.8 kilogrammes this morning was
both a shock and a surprise.
I had languished above
81 kilogrammes for weeks. Brian however assured me that I will eventually lose
more because my exercise was continuing in earnest.
What Brian will not
countenance is allowing it to fall to 75 kilogrammes, which was my original
target. What we can agree on is, it’s walking and it’s working. I’m happy with
that.
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