Ok, well, not really. I’m sure Sandy and I have hiked way over 3.1 miles at once in our adventures. But this was the first time in well over 3 decades that I actually set out with the goal to walk a 5k. I went to the rec center and walked 39 laps on the indoor track for a total of 3.1 miles in 56 minutes and 6 seconds…

Ok, that’s slightly off my best time of 18 minutes and 20 seconds but I’m somewhere around 3 times as old as I was then. This is still progress. A scant couple of years ago, I don’t know that I could have made it the 39 laps. That and my time can only get better, LOL. The sad truth is that my ankles were never really meant to be a runner and as I’ve gotten older I just don’t feel like taxing them to see how fast I can go. I’ve very satisfied that they just go:)