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I forgot my pedometer today. This may not seem like a big deal, but to me, myself and moi, we were naked without it. Naked. All day. Very, very unsettling.
This will be my fourth year walking for Just ‘Cause. In academic years I guess that would make me a senior this year. Yay me. Every year I get a little better at training. I know that sounds silly to say. Who trains to put one foot in front of the other? I do. My first year with Just ‘Cause was a disaster. I signed up with less than six weeks to train, six weeks to raise $1,000. Mistake. Myself thought me nuts. To say nothing of moi. It was kind of nuts. After the sixty miles I limped away with a crazy red rash on my shins and ankles and more stiff muscles than I cared to count. The second year I obtained a little more knowledge and trained a little wiser. Did you catch that? I said a little wiser. This time I blistered my feet so bad that blisters were on top of blisters. Blisters that formed little communities on the soles of my feet. I was hobbling by the end of day three/mile sixty and I picked at dead skin for months afterwards. Year three (I guess I would be a junior at this point) I learned much more and set about training in a whole new way. Five miles a day on weekdays. Nothing more, nothing less. Weekends were reserved for “long walks” much like a runner has their long run. Only I needed to make sure I had two long walks in succession. The philosophy is if you can do two days of walk-walk-walk back to back you shouldn’t have a problem adding a third day when it’s time to do the real thing. It’s true. Back to back is the same as back to back to back.
Anyway, so starting 1/1/2012 I started walking five miles a day. Faithfully. Pedometer always on the right hip, always one inch away from the bone. It’s superstition but the right hip has always been my troublemaker. I started wearing the pedometer over it like a bandage. Cover the hurt that could come at any minute. Except today. Somehow I walked out the door without it. It’s unsettling. Maybe I should keep a spare at my office?
