Weekly recap: 6.70 miles

My wife and I walked/jogged 5 days this week, and I did 6.70 miles for the week. I walked and jogged the first time around the blog and just walked the remaining 2 times. I started to sweat this morning while walking, and I took off my jacket for the remainder of my outing. The daytime temperature today was in the mid 60s (F), and it was in the 50s during my walk and jog.

Weekly recap: 6.96 miles

I jogged/walked 5 days this week (including Sunday) and did 6.96 miles. I didn't go out on Tuesday due to a schedule conflict. On Saturday I went around the block 3 times and alternated jogging and walking for most of the way. I did 25 seconds of jogging and 60 seconds of walking. I felt pretty good for about 2 1/2 times around the block but got pretty tired during the last half of the 3rd time around the block. On Sunday I walked to the Stake Center and back for 1.4 miles. I normally don't exercise on Sunday, but I needed to get to the Stake Center , and I enjoyed the walk, even though the walk back was in a light rain.

We had a bit of rain during the night but no rain during my jogs and walks during the week. There was, as has been mentioned above, a light rain on the way back from the Stake Center on Sunday.

I added a bit to my walks during the week.

Weekly recap: Did 6.16 miles again

I walked for 5 days and did 6.16 miles again. Most of the days this week were warmer, with highs in the mid 40s (F). However, we had snow and rain on Wednesday.

I did some jogging during my walks, jogging for 25 left-foot steps, and walking to recover from the jog.

Weekly recap: 6.16 miles

I walked 5 times this week for a total distance of 6.16 miles. The temperature for most of the week was in the mid 30s (F), with snow showers and rain, but the temperature today was in the mid to high 40s, with morning snow flurries; most of the snow has melted from the lawns I passed. I waited until early afternoon to go outside so the snow flurries would be gone and the sun would be out. The sidewalks were clear of snow and were dry during my activity.

I did some jogging in the middle of my walk today, but I didn't do a lot of jogging, because I didn't want the pain I felt last week to return. I feel fine, and there was no pain during or after my walk.

Pain is not an injury. It is a sign from ones body that he/she is doing too much, too long of a distance or too fast of a walk/jog. We humans in the USA speak English with nouns and verbs, and so forth. Our body, though doesn't speak English. It speaks another language with huffing/puffing, tiredness, pain, and injury as the primary indications of improper functioning. Huffing and puffing means more oxygen is needed for proper blood circulation. In response, we should take bigger breaths to get more oxygen in our bodies, or we should do less (in terms of distance or speed) to allow our bodies to perform well with the available oxygen. Tiredness means we are going too fast or too far for our body-condition. Pain is a sign from our body that injury is on its way, unless we slow down (in distance or speed) in our activity. Injury means our bodies aren't performing well. Our bodies have lost abilities to perform, and we are "forced" to slow down, usually by not running or walking at all. Learn to understand the language of our bodies, and listen to our bodies speak that language! Be injury free!!

Weekly recap: 5.14 miles

My wife and I walked 5 times this week. The temperature during the first part of the week was in the mid to high 40s (F), and then the temperature cooled to the mid 30s for the last day of the week (today, Saturday).

I jogged a bit during my walks on the middle days of my walks, but I began experiencing some pain in my back. I took my normal day without running (Friday), and the pain went away. I jogged for 25 seconds and walked for 60 seconds. I didn't do any jogging on Saturday for my long walk, and my back felt fine. Next week I will try jogging again, but I will only do it on one day, instead of the 3 days that I did this week.

Today, for my long walk, my wife and I went around the block 3 times, 0.62 miles each time. It snowed a bit during the night, but the snow was all melted when we went out walking, and the lawns were mostly snow-free. The sidewalks were clear of snow and were dry.