HST Update and other Keep Smiling Keep Moving projects

I was surprised to see that the last Horse Shoe Trail attempt was Febraury 18th!! Wow!! Weather, seasonal weekend work duties and having a other things on the weekend to do list has kept us off the trail for these past six weeks. I'm itching to get back. With luck and good weather, that will happen soon. 

Meanwhile, I've re-worked my milage expectations and pretty much accepted the fact that I may have to go into next year to finish. Had we been able to stick to my original (admittedly ambitious) plan we'd be more than halfway done by now. That's ok. Life (and hiking) are a marathon not a sprint, right? 

When dayight savings time started (March 10th) I embarked on a plan to walk every day. Not the first time I've attempted this and time will tell if I stick to it. I feel better when I excercise every day and that should be enough to keep me going. But it isn't. 

DST is significant because on weekdays I need to walk after work. Although I could easily complete 2 miles in the time I have between waking up and leaving for work, I can't get it out of my head that something might happen. I am prone to twisted ankles for example and it's very dark in the mornings right now. How embarassing would it be to call the office and say I won't be in becaues I'm a klutz. 

My goal to start was a minimum of 2 miles every day. My average from March 10 to March 31 is 2.14 miles/day. I did NOT walk every day though. Rain, and a few after work obligations gave me some zero days. I only made the average by walking longer on weekends. 

My goal for April is going to be 3 miles per day and no zerio days. On days it is going to rain (as predicted for the first three day of April) I will substitute another indoor workout. Since I can walk 3 miles in an hour or less, the substitute work out will be 1 hour. 

Keep Smiling and Keep Moving (and thanks for reading this) 

-Paula