Saturday Night Update

Hello again, so soon! So Cynthia, Angela, and I went on our team walk this morning at the Botanical Gardens. Stephanie wasn't able to join us because her little girl was awake all night so I guess no one in the house slept Friday night... my sympathies are with you and Rich, Stephanie! We missed her and hope she can make a few more walks with us before she has to leave for Michigan in August. Hopefully Shannon will be able to start joining us soon, too, once her foot is healed.

It was raining when we left our houses to walk this morning. I really didn't want to walk in the rain, but the forecast was only calling for "light showers," and we need to train in all types of weather in case we encounter it on The 3 Day, including rain. We were fortunate that it stopped raining just as we started the walk, and we were walking under a lot of trees so the drizzling that might have been happening didn't reach us. The walk started out kind of slow since we were on wet, slippery trails with roots that we're not used to, but we picked up the pace a couple miles into the walk, and we definitely got a good workout! There were a few hills that I wasn't anticipating, and my lungs and legs were feeling them by the time we got to the top! I had my pedometer on, but as I think I've mentioned before I don't really trust it most of the time. According to it we walked a total of 5.3 miles in 2 hours, but I'm convinced we walked closer to 6 miles, so I think we decided to call it 5.5 "or so" miles that we walked today. Cynthia and Angela, and maybe Stephanie, are planning another walk next Saturday. If I'm not working I plan to join them... we need all the training we can get!

On my way home this afternoon I clocked a route close to my house that is close to 8 miles. I really want to walk it, but I wish I had someone to walk it with me since I'm more motivated that way. If anyone wants to volunteer to drive out to Winder to walk with me, just let me know! :-)

That's about it for now. Have a great weekend and I'll see you all again next Saturday (and maybe before if I need to substitute again)!

~Jennifer