Sunday May 4, 5 km now takes me up to 300....Wahoo! Jan

263. 37 to the end of April

May 1, 2, and third as follows:

2.5 km to the river to the lake to miss road to home
3.87 km to river to bank to lake to peter street to port to miss road to home....

3.87 plus 2.5 = 6.37

walk to grocery store 2 km = 6.37 + 2.0 = 8.37

May 1 Thursday 8 km
May 2 6 km
May 3 9 km

263.87 plus 8.37 plus 23 equals 295.24

It's still rainy and cold here and I wish it would warm up. I have reached a point with this commitment that Seth Godin, author, fondly refers to as "the DIP." I don't want to walk anymore and I'm tired of going out most days for a 7 km walk when there is so much to do right now. I am just finishing up classes for my coaching certification and I'm just off of a really sucky telephone supervision. I scored pretty bad and it has left me feeling a little yucky. I know that this does not mean I don't know what I'm doing but it does mean that there are times when I don't do it right...this was one such time. So, time to knuckle down and get the information soaking into my being so this feels more fluid and natural. I'll keep doing the walk, especially now that I'm so close to 300 km which is almost a third of the way through, but I don't have much enthusiasm right now. Living la vida fearless, Jan

Well today I managed to finish 8.37 km. I am using a program called Map my Walk, www.mapmywalk.com, to check my distances and record my walks. It's a cool site actually and was sent to me by somebody else contemplating doing this walk too. It's turned a little chilly here but not snowy cold. I am longing for some warmer weather though. I was at 255 km so with the 8.37 I'm now up to 263. 37....Slow but sure. This is the point in the walk that Seth Godin refers to as The Dip in his book appropriately called The Dip.....The thrill has worn off and it's just hard work right now. I can see the end of the finish line but it's a long way off. This reminds me of how I felt when I started my certification course for my coaching practise. I am only three weeks away from completing the first leg of this certification but if you'd told me I'd finish and still be in one piece when I started the certification I probably would have laughed at you. Well here I am, almost done and committing to this walk as well....Shows what one is capable of when a decision is made to commit to something and honour the value that stands behind it. Living la vida fearless, Jan

8 kn today which takes me up to 255! Walking in the rain with the one I love: that would be me, myself and I. I actually had a nice walk today despite the rain. There were lots of birds flying around that I don't normally see when it's sunny, there must be some bug that they like that comes out in the rain. At one point there were a pair of ducks at the side of the street and I stopped to chat with them. I know that sounds weird but they didn't try to run away from me so I was pretty close to them. They sure are pretty.....I also saw a pair of swans who have started to make their nest in a crag of rocks at the edge of the water. If the water rises even a little bit the nest won't make it but I guess they know what they're doing. I am noticing another benefit to this walk. I have lost 15 pounds and I wasn't planning on that happening. Don't get me wrong: I needed to lose weight I just didn't think this would be the way to do it. I did my usual walk, stopped at my secret place and sat under a tree in the rain listening to the water hit the shore and then made my way over to the local coffee shop. I always give myself a little treat of some sort and today it was a yummy mint tea with steamed milk in a cozy chair. Still working on getting people to donate to Lakeshore Corridor Community Team via this walk......
Keeping on, living la vida fearless, Jan

Lovely day today but I was a little tired from the 15 km yesterday. I decided to break up the walk into two legs....First in the morning and then later in the day. 3.4 and then 3.6 km which still makes it 7 km for today. I have just begun to realize how much of a commitment this is going to be and how much time it will take to complete. And, it's ok...."I meant what I said and I said what I meant...." to quote Horton from Dr. Suess...Living la vida fearless, Jan