Day Three- the first 3 miles?
So, Ethan kept me up until 4:30am last night. Thus I didn't end up getting up until noon. (Thought I'd set the alarm for 11- didn't. Oops.) When I finally made it out the door and started my walk I was almost immediately confronted with my utter lack of fitness. It's pathetic really. Less than 300ft from where I started- I was already tired! It is slightly uphill and I was pushing a loaded stroller, but come on! That's ridiculous! Obviously it's going to take me a lot longer than I thought to make it to 3 miles in 30 minutes. *sigh*
I was hoping today would give me some idea of where I'm starting out- aka how long it currently takes me to go 3 miles. However, my mapped route takes me through the community college campus behind our apartment and around its track one time. I now know this will not work. The campus is under a TON of contruction and they have blocked off/rerouted several roads and walkways causing me to get a little turned around trying to find the track. Once I did find it, I was confronted with a sign regarding track etiquette: "No Strollers". This is something I probably should have thought of but didn't, having never been in this situation before.
So, between the getting lost and eliminating my once-around-the-track portion of my route, I'm not entirely sure how long my walk actually was today. I suspected it might be a little short of 3 miles and I was disappointed not to be able to time myself, so when I got back to our complex, I switched the laundry to the dryer and used the treadmill in our gym while I waited for Ethan to wake up for his next feeding. I managed to get in 0.33miles in about 5 minutes before he woke up, so I figure I do about a 15 minute mile without the stroller on on a flat surface. With the stroller and going up inclines... who knows?
I'll have to modify my route and try timing myself again Thursday.
I was hoping today would give me some idea of where I'm starting out- aka how long it currently takes me to go 3 miles. However, my mapped route takes me through the community college campus behind our apartment and around its track one time. I now know this will not work. The campus is under a TON of contruction and they have blocked off/rerouted several roads and walkways causing me to get a little turned around trying to find the track. Once I did find it, I was confronted with a sign regarding track etiquette: "No Strollers". This is something I probably should have thought of but didn't, having never been in this situation before.
So, between the getting lost and eliminating my once-around-the-track portion of my route, I'm not entirely sure how long my walk actually was today. I suspected it might be a little short of 3 miles and I was disappointed not to be able to time myself, so when I got back to our complex, I switched the laundry to the dryer and used the treadmill in our gym while I waited for Ethan to wake up for his next feeding. I managed to get in 0.33miles in about 5 minutes before he woke up, so I figure I do about a 15 minute mile without the stroller on on a flat surface. With the stroller and going up inclines... who knows?
I'll have to modify my route and try timing myself again Thursday.
posted by KMD at 9:27 PM
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