Saturday Morning Group Walk

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 […]

Speed Workouts Pay Off

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 […]

Great Training Walk

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 […]

First Speed Workout

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 […]

Recovery Walk

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 […]