And I'll give you a 5 hour walk! Today was my 18 miler endurance
walk. The Scientist agreed to be my walker buddy again and he was not in the mood
to be walking till 4p in the afternoon. We were on the road and walking
by 7a! Unlike last weekend it was a bit cooler and we could feel it on
our hands immediately. Brrrr! Training in all these different types of
weather changes is good though. I really have no idea what to expect for
weather the weekend of the walk. It has rained, almost snowed, and been
blazing hot in the years I have done it. I will be prepared!
The
route:
Usually
ever few yards or so I pass someone coming or going on the path.
However, one of the benefits of getting out there early is that you have
the road/trail all to yourself! We walk for a good 3 or 4 miles before
we started running into people.
Another
benefit of these endurance walks is that I'm seeing parts of Boston
that I would probably never have passed. For instance, walking along the
Esplanade I ran into these two beautiful creatures!
I thought by the 3rd or 4th hour of walking that we would have warmed up a little. WRONG. When we got to the bridge we had to cross to go from Boston to Cambridge I was worried we were going to get a little frost bite. Kidding. It wasn't that cold, but it was quite windy! The view was beautiful though.
This
walk was a little different from most. It was longer, it was colder,
and it was harder. On every other walk I have just gone the whole way
through without stopping. It is NOT a realistic picture of how the walk
will actually be. There are rest stops to fill up on water or have a
snack. I don't plan on stopping at every one of them, but I do plan on
doing it at least once for "lunch". This walk we decided to try out the
break and see what it felt like. We stopped at Starbucks around Mile 12
for a quick steamed non-fat milk and a string cheese. It was the perfect
pit stop and really got us back in gear.
After 18 miles, 5 hrs and some sore feet we were finally done. Next week is a short walk day and then it is MOCK WALK time!
