79 degrees this morning, walk 39:58 minutes
Looked like rain coming in this morning prior to my walk, but it was far enough away that I was able to get my walk in (and it still isn’t raining yet, in fact it is clear).
Wore my new shoes this morning and I am, so far, very pleased with them. I hadn’t realized how “squashed” my previous walking shoes had become, although they are still a lot better than the ones I used to wear. I can literally feel the “bounce” as I walk.
I think I will make a small note on the number of miles I walk and the “bounce” in the shoes to see if i can detect at what point the “bounce is gone”. Probably not, at least measuring it on a daily basis.
If there was a way I could measure it every week or every month and remember what it felt like the previous month (which is impossible if I wear them every day), I could probably quickly tell how long the “bounce” lasts.
The old “boil a frog by gradually increasing the heat of the water” trick!
The shoe person said a pair of shoes should be good to 250 to 300 miles and the ones I bought should be good for an additional 200 miles, so that makes 450 to 500 miles, about 7 months with my current walking patterns, if I’m figuring right. Roughly next April or May I may need a new pair of shoes, if his figures are right.
I always think it is unusual how we think (not necessarily me personally, but overall). We don’t hesitate to pay $25 for a usual meal that we don’t need, but hesitate to pay $10 for something that will make our life a lot better for months! I am referring to walking socks. I really hesitated about paying what I did for the shoes (a lot more than I have ever spent on walking/running shoes before) and hesitated even more about paying $10 for a pair of “advanced” socks that may protect my feet for months or even years!
I don’t know if they “hi-tech” sock is going to feel better or not, but I am going to try it out. I realize a lot of stuff isn’t worth the extra money, but I decided to check out the socks. I didn’t wear them this morning, but I well in the near future, probably tomorrow morning. I wasn’t sure how long a walk I would get in this morning if the storm came in.
Speaking of, I just heard the first “thunder” so the storm is coming in, at least somewhere close. It looked like a relatively local storm, although it did look like it was coming to use.
Now that I have a YMCA membership, I am going to have to decide how to fit it into my daily schedule. The fact I can shower etc. at the YMCA makes it a lot easier to try to use the YMCA each day.
What I really want to to do is go swimming at least several days per week and also increase my weight lifting and exercise routines.
It will also be nice to have a place to go to walk etc. in the event of bad weather.
The cooling wind is picking up some as the storm is coming in. I can hear the thunder now, but don’t see the lightning. The first drops of rain are starting to fall.
Field Day today for work, I have several appointments set up. I should get my new “monthly tasks” this morning, which is always interesting.
Rain is starting.
That’s it for now, Tuesday, August 4, 2015
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