A Damp and Drizzly Day

From my dad, the Mother-Goose origin of "misty, moisty morning":

One misty, moisty morning,
When cloudy was the weather,
I chanced to meet an old man
Clothed all in leather.
He began to compliment,
And I began to grin,
How do you do?
And how do you do?
And how do you do, again?

Catch-Up

Thursday:
Time: 40:07 - Distance: 3.35 miles - Avg Pace: 11:57/mi.

Calories: 390
Soundtrack: Heat

Saturday:

Time: 45:03 - Distance: 3.69 miles - Avg Pace: 12:12/mi.

Calories: 430
Soundtrack: Heat

Today:

Time: 40:37 - Distance: 3.36 miles - Avg Pace: 12:04/mi.

Calories: 392

Time: 18:59 - Distance: 1.53 miles - Avg Pace: 12:22/mi.

Calories: 178

Time: 16:02 - Distance: 1.31 miles - Avg Pace: 12:12/mi.

Calories: 153
Soundtrack: Heat

I didn't actually go on three separate walks today. It was intended to be one 75-minute jaunt, but I had to stop and divide it up when I got to the end of the first volume of Heat, and then accidentally ended the workout rather than resuming it when I stopped for a moment. The first mile was inside with my dad, on the track at Supreme Sports Club in Columbia, Maryland, where we're visiting my parents for the holiday. And after that, it was out into the misty, moisty morning, as my dad likes to say...I think that comes from some book we read as little ones. But it was indeed alternately foggy-drizzly-rainy.

But the biggest deal of the whole thing is this: my dad and I walked a mile around the track, and then he had me stop and look at how far my iPod said I'd gone. And it said 1.1 miles. So if it is, in fact, always wrong by 10%, then what I think are 12:00 miles are actually 13:12 miles. So not cool. I'm going to calibrate it and have ordered something to hold it more tightly in place atop my laces, but I am not pleased. At least my walks are still for a certain amount of time, rather than a certain number of miles, and so I haven't been inadvertently under-walking. But I thought I was pretty fast. Hrmph. Gonna get this thing figured out.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY LEGS?!?!

As I mentioned in "What Not to Do with Your Feet," I got me some sensitive skin. And while she has a great many delightful qualities, this is one I wish my mom would have kept to herself. Over the course of several cold-weather walks, I have been developing blotchy pinkness on my legs. It's become sort of rashy-looking, and when I tried to moisturize it tonight, my thighs screamed in displeasure. Not cool. Just wanted to share. This is not, by the way, a picture of my legs, but one I found that sort of approximates (sans electrodes) what the angry parts of mine look like. I think this person actually had the measles.

Hudson Views

Time: 40:11 - Distance: 3.25 miles - Avg Pace: 12:20/mi.

Calories: 379
Soundtrack: Heat

Tuesday seems to have become Manhattan walkin' afternoon. Hoboken by sunset is really lovely, and I only wish the walkway right next to the water were open the whole way down to Canal Street and beyond. Unfortunately, construction has it closed down partway through the Village, and so there are fences between the pedestrian/bike road and the water. You can see through them, of course, but it's not as picture-perfect as it might be. Ah, well. I timed the walk even a little better than last week, with the ultimate goal of getting back to school just as my 40 minutes were up. Darting in and out of Holland Tunnel traffic was tricky and slowed me down a bit, but overall, a good walk.

Thanks to You

Jen Kipley

Susan Currie
Betsy and Brian Kelder
Heather Glotzer
Willa Cochran
Susanna Styron
Jennifer and Dan Green
David Golaner
Kim Kahn
Jen Clarke
Lee and Susey Burgunder
Carol Sandler
and
Leanne and Jason Greif

have all contributed to my fundraising campaign, and I just wanted to say thanks!

Windy City

Time: 40:05 - Distance: 3.15 miles - Avg Pace: 12:41/mi.
Calories: 368
Soundtrack: The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry

So that's not really my pace, for the record. See that major dip above? My little doohickey fell out of my laces, and so I had to turn around, walk back, and find it, which luckily I was able to, but it meant that the chip thought I wasn't moving for two minutes, which obviously affected my overall pace. Harumph. Nice walk aside from that, but wicked windy out.

You'll Never Walk Alone

Saturday:
Time: 1:01:51 - Distance: 4.98 miles - Avg Pace: 12:24/mi.

Calories: 581
Soundtrack: Talking to Amanda

My friend Amanda came on today's walk with me--my longest yet. She totally kept up...or maybe I totally kept up...and we ended up with a very respectable pace. It was my first time walking all the way around Prospect Park, which allowed me to discover that from home to the park, one lap around, and then back home, is just about five miles. That'll come in handy when I get to mileage walks rather than time walks. It's fun to walk with a friend, too; the hour went really quickly and it was a great opportunity to catch up. Made me realize how much my mom lost when her close friend and walking buddy moved out of the neighborhood. Amanda's game for more walks in the future; lucky me!