I Walked Home From Work Today…

…and it felt awesome!

My doc was seeing Blackie today, and he reminded her to remind me that it was a very nice day, and it wasn’t raining, so perhaps I should get some walking in? He drives home via the same route I walk, so he can check up on me.

Honestly, that’s what I like about my doc. I seem to respond much more to the “tough-love” kinda thing, instead of the “hold your hand and make polite hints” type of interaction. So he said that he expected to see me out there, and I did it. That’s why we pay him the big money.

I certainly could use the push. Back in the day, I walked home from work about 3 times per week. It felt really good, and I lost a good bit of weight.

Somewhere along the line though, I fell out of the habit. Isn’t that weird how that happens? It’s really good for us, and we know we should do it, but stuff comes up.

First I wasn’t walking because I had appointments after work, then I wasn’t walking because it might rain, then I wasn’t walking because it might snow. Before you know it, 3 weeks have gone by and then you just forget.

So, it felt great to be back in the saddle. This time around, I have a location-enabled smartphone, so I can track my progress. That’s it in the chart up above.

I look all bad-ass when my distances are expressed in kilometers!

I use Google Tracks on my Android phone. I like Tracks because it will give you a spiffy looking Google map, and also because I can then upload my track stats to Google Docs automatically. Spreadsheets yo!

Regards,

p.s. Do you have any favorite software for tracking your workouts? Lemme know in the comments!