About 7 years ago some friends and I started eating the occasional lunch at a local park near a river. There are tons of picnic tables and it is a popular lunch spot, especially in the Spring. During one of those early […]

Today was supposed to be our speed day, but a potential City Championship baseball game and severe thunderstorms caused us to cancel our workout. (The thunderstorms also cancelled the baseball game.) The storms stopped as I dropped my car off at the […]

Today’s UA Memorial Day Race was great! I’ve never entered this 5-mile event before, but it is well supported by members of the Buckeye Striders and other local walking clubs. Though slightly hilly, I had a great race! We started out slowly, […]

Our group walk (Buckeye Striders) was at one of my favorite parks today – Sharon Woods. The big loop is 3.8 miles, but there is a mark for a full 4-miles. We walked to the 4-mile mark in 57:28. That averages out […]

Today we did three 1-mile laps at race pace. We have a 5-mile race Monday morning. I thought we should shoot for a 14:30 pace, but was out-voted. Here’s the cool thing: We walked at what felt like our normal pace, which […]

Saturday morning I met with the walking club I’m a member of, the Buckeye Striders, and we had a great walk. We went to a beautiful park I’ve never been to before. The temps were mild, the sun was shining and it […]

I tried to get out of our first speed workout since Big Sur (2 weeks ago) because of the rain, but Deb insisted it had stopped in plenty of time. (Nice switch for us.) We lightened the workout a little. After about […]

I’m mostly pain-free and feeling pretty good. I don’t feel like doing any serious walking, so I just went to the library, PO and grocery store. It’s about 2 miles round trip and I didn’t walk overly hard. It’s quite a bit […]