– Get in as much hill training as you can. No, you cannot overdo it! – Make hotel reservations EARLY!!! – The shuttles to the starting line and back from the finish line were very good! – Be prepared for any type […]
We had a great time completing the most grueling event I have ever entered! It is also the MOST beautiful course I have ever walked! Breathtaking at times – especially with gale force winds blowing in your face. Deb and I finished […]
Much busier today than yesterday! We still did not hand out 400 magazines to meet my goal of 600, but we had a good response. Lots of people confusing us with the defunct Walking Magazine. (No we aren’t the same, this new […]
The Expo went from Noon to 6 p.m. today. I like the nice short hours – I don’t have to get up too early, don’t have to stay too late. We decided to go for a walk this morning beforehand. After a […]
Long flights – little food. My carry on luggage weighed a ton. (Too many plane transfers and I was afraid my luggage would not arrive.) After finally eating, I felt queasy the rest of the evening. Walked to the ocean to watch […]
After all of these months of training with people, it felt really weird walking alone today. Because of schedules it just did not work out. I went out at 8:30 this morning (I get to sleep in when I’m not walking with […]
You get such a feeling of accomplishment when you increase the mileage on your long-slow days. The first time you walk 10, 12 or 16 miles is fantastic! But one of my favorite things is the taper before a long-distance event. Today […]
There is something about seeing a photo of yourself in walking clothes that can inspire you to suddenly go shopping. I didn’t realize how badly I needed new shorts until I saw some recent pictures. Unfortunately, those photographs were also sent to […]
Because of blisters, I wasn’t able to do my 18-mile training walk this past Saturday. Deb and I had planned to make up the mileage on Sunday because Big Sur is coming up soon. Saturday afternoon while exchanging my shoes, George (one […]
The NB 768s were just not right for me. During both of the longer walks in which I wore them, blisters formed within 6 miles. When I went back to the store to discuss why they don’t work, the sales person thought […]
