OK, so Steve has gotten REAL serious about getting in shape and losing weight, hiring personal trainers to yell at him and all………
I walked 4 miles yesterday and had planned on resting until like…..October……….so that my body could recuperate from the trauma of yesterday’s walk.
Then, Steve takes the gloves off, so I have to rethink my strategy..
So, this morning, in the blistering 62 degree Texas Heat, I headed back out the door, to walk 4 MORE miles!
Yeah Baby!!
There I was, about a half-mile from home, chugging along, face down, gray beard billowing behind me as I cut through the wind, “I can’t drive 55” by Sammy Hagar blasting on the Ipod……
Maintaining a ridiculously fast pace that no mortal human could possibly keep up with….
Until I suddenly caught a glimpse of a large shadow over my left shoulder.
I struggled to turn my head to the side. With the massive amount of G-Forces I was generating by walking so darn fast it was not easy to do……
And then I saw THEM.
Yes, THEM.
Two gals, probably in their 70’s….
Pink hair, pink walking pants, pink water bottles, happily chatting away and laughing…
As they blew past me WALKING on the road.
I struggled to raise a tired arm to give them the “How ya doin?” wave….
and then they were gone…
Getting ever smaller as they walked ahead of me….laughing….joking…….with their pink hair blowing in the wind.
Translation: Death might be slow.
I am slower.
I chugged along for the remainder of that first mile. I reached the driveway that I know is exactly one mile from my front door and looked down at my watch.
22:00 minutes….
Appropriately, “All by Myself” by Eric Carmen was now playing on the Ipod.
Walking this slow, that’s what I’m gonna be out on the trail….
All by Myself.
Steve will have plenty of time to blog about our exploits seeing as how he will be spending hours on rocks and tree stumps waiting for my slow butt to catch up.
This Idiot has been humbled.Hopefully, after 1090 days of training, I can at least KEEP UP WITH the pink-haired speed walkers in town.
But, on the bright side, that’s 8 miles walked in two days….
Though the trail will demand we walk that distance BEFORE LUNCH each day…
Yikes!
