November 15th....

Well, it's been a week and a half since my last post. The week before last, my walking-related activities were as follows:

Well there was a 2-mile lunchtime walk on the 3rd and a 2.3 mile lunchtime walk on the 5th for starters.

Then on Saturday the 8th, exciting news! I brought 'the trainers'. I want to make a special mention here to Oswald Bailey Ltd in Taunton. The staff there were so helpful. I had gone in on the off chance to have a look, it was early in the morning and I didn't have 'my socks' with me, but a pair caught my eye..... Just as I was looking at the display item of my trainer of choice, the assistant said that she should tell me they only had one pair of those left and they were size 3 and half..... well, it turns out this is perfect for me! I tried them on and they felt good, but all the guidance tells you to buy shoes in the evening when your feet are biggest, and, of course, with the socks you are going to wear on the day. I said to the staff that I would come back into town later in the day and with my socks, but they kindly said I could take them home, wear them around the house for the day with my socks and if they were no good I could take them back the next day. What service! Well, after 6 hours of wearing them around the house I decided to keep them. The following day was the first road test! The route I took was 4.34 miles according to 'map my run', but I did the walk in an hour - So either 'map my run' is not very accurate or my pace was 13.9!! .... Mind you, it did absolutely throw it down with rain half way around, which quickened my pace somewhat as I was just in a tee-shirt & yoga pants! Other non-walk training that week included body pump, body balance, badminton and yoga.....

Then onto this week. Well, it's been a hell of a week at work.... but less of that... I did 2 miles on Monday, and that was it walk-wise. I also had a game of badminton and 2 yoga sessions.....so not the best of weeks for training. I am, however, planning a 5-miler tomorrow morning..... I'll report on progress!