Walkin is easy. Anyone can do it! I can nicely walk a kilometre in 10 minutes. Walking fast is another matter. It is so much different than running. I can tell because after a couple of kms walking fast, I find myself wanting to jog to ease the discomfort.
I found myself having a pretty crappy day, after a pretty crappy night, filled with pretty crappy dreams. Colby actually kicked me in the face at one point!! No, not in my dreams! In actual fact!!
Regardless, since I was supposed to take the day off I worked on a Roo project for a while, but then just mopped around for most of the day. Finally at about 6 pm I decided that I needed to get out for a bit, so I chose walking. I also chose to see how fast I could walk 5 kms, and I was quite pleased that I accomplished it in just under 35 minutes, or 7 minutes/km. I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to do that on race day but if I can break it up with a bit of running maybe I can still maintain that overall pace. I gotta tell you, that with everything that has gone on, I would be elated to do a 5 hour marathon, which is what 7 minutes equates to.
I can see lots more walking over the next couple of months.
By the way. Some Japanese guy just set a new world record for the 20 km race walk in a time of 1:16:36. Remember my pace? Seven mins/km. His pace was 3:50/km!!!!
And my crappy day reminded me of some changes I still desperately need to make. For years I identified myself by my work. Then for a bunch more years I identified myself by Ironman. It freaks me out that I still miss work so much, and scares me all to hell that I don't have a replacement for either that, or for Ironman. The sad truth is that unless I came to terms with that I can expect the next 20 years to be miserable. Maybe I need to make a pilgrimage or something? Got any ideas?
walk 5 kms, 35 mins
...and while this quote may be a bit on the somber side, no greater truth has ever been written..
"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."---Jean Cocteau
Love
Peter
I found myself having a pretty crappy day, after a pretty crappy night, filled with pretty crappy dreams. Colby actually kicked me in the face at one point!! No, not in my dreams! In actual fact!!
Regardless, since I was supposed to take the day off I worked on a Roo project for a while, but then just mopped around for most of the day. Finally at about 6 pm I decided that I needed to get out for a bit, so I chose walking. I also chose to see how fast I could walk 5 kms, and I was quite pleased that I accomplished it in just under 35 minutes, or 7 minutes/km. I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to do that on race day but if I can break it up with a bit of running maybe I can still maintain that overall pace. I gotta tell you, that with everything that has gone on, I would be elated to do a 5 hour marathon, which is what 7 minutes equates to.
I can see lots more walking over the next couple of months.
By the way. Some Japanese guy just set a new world record for the 20 km race walk in a time of 1:16:36. Remember my pace? Seven mins/km. His pace was 3:50/km!!!!
And my crappy day reminded me of some changes I still desperately need to make. For years I identified myself by my work. Then for a bunch more years I identified myself by Ironman. It freaks me out that I still miss work so much, and scares me all to hell that I don't have a replacement for either that, or for Ironman. The sad truth is that unless I came to terms with that I can expect the next 20 years to be miserable. Maybe I need to make a pilgrimage or something? Got any ideas?
walk 5 kms, 35 mins
...and while this quote may be a bit on the somber side, no greater truth has ever been written..
"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."---Jean Cocteau
Love
Peter
Aside from being a grandfather, father, husband and friend, I think you could be a damn good writer!
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