Is it over?

This month has gone by pretty quickly in my opinion, and I have loved all of my walks. My last two walks for this month were fabulous! On Day 30, I hiked around Red Rocks (outside of Denver). Then I was in Utah on Day 31 and hiked in Arches National Park. Both are a must-see if you’re ever in that part of the country.

Red Rocks

Arches National Park

Overall, I have really enjoyed this experimonth. I agree with Erin, I’ve always considered myself a walker. I’ve always opted to walk somewhere instead of ride or drive if possible, whether it be all around campus in college, to the outdoor exhibits at work, or to a restaurant that’s sort of far away in a city I’m visiting. That’s the reason this experimonth has been so easy and at the same time slightly challenging for me. Easy because I love to walk so it’s no big deal to go out on a quick 20-minute walk. Challenging because I  walk so much already that I had to figure out what I wanted to count as my experimonth walking.

On that note, it was also interesting to have a walking partner over the past few days while on my road trip. As I was looking forward to all the chances to walk around the cities and parks we were traveling through, my friend Amber (who used to love to walk around UNC’s campus while in college as much as I did) reluctantly walked with me. Each day, after fabulous walks through St. Louis, Denver, and Arches National Park, Amber wanted to make sure we had gotten our mile in for the day and didn’t have to do any more walking. Yes, but I could have kept walking and walking and walking.

I’m actually a bit sad this month has come to an end. (For one, I’m not too sure how excited I am about June’s experimonth as I sit here at 5:30 am writing this.) I’ve been thinking about where I could walk for each of the next couple days while I’m still on my trip to California, but then realized I don’t need to worry about it anymore. But I want to still try to take relaxing walks just because as much as possible from here on out because I found that to be very enjoyable for me this month. Walk on!

For the record, here’s a log of my daily walks from this month:

• May 1, 4pm: 1 hour/on trails and streets near Museum/with Jeff and Beck
• May 2, 5pm: 1.25 miles/on Al Beuhler trail
• May 3, 9pm: 1.00 mile/on neighborhood streets
• May 4, 6:30am: 1.5 miles/on neighborhood streets/with Lucy (dog)
• May 5, 6:30am: 1.5 miles/on neighborhood streets/with Lucy
• May 6, 6:30 am: 1.5 miles/on neighborhood streets (part of morning jog)
• May 7, 6:30 am: 1.0 mile/on neighborhood streets/with Lucy
• May 8, 6:30 am: 1.5 miles/on neighborhood streets (part of morning jog)
• May 9, 8:00 am: 1.5 miles/on neighborhood streets (part of morning jog)
• May 10: walked around UNC campus
• May 11: walked around UNC campus
• May 12: FAIL
• May 13, 12 noon: 1.0 mile/took a break to walk on trails through Dino Trail and Catch the Wind at the Museum
• May 14, 7:30 pm: 1.25 miles/walked to grocery store
• May 15: FAIL
• May 16, 7:00 pm: 1.5 miles/on neighborhood streets/with Lucy
• May 17, 5:30 pm: 1.0 mile/on track at gym after my workout (rainy outside all day)
• May 18, 12:30 pm: 45 minutes/on trails and streets near Museum/with Beck
• May 19, 2:00 pm: 1.0 mile/on trails near Museum
• May 20, 8:00 pm: 1.25 miles/on neighborhood streets (at end of run)
• May 21, 9:00 pm: 1.0 mile/on neighborhood streets/with Lucy
• May 22, 6:30 am: 2.5 miles/on neighborhood streets (part of morning jog)
• May 23, 5:00 pm: 1.5 miles/on neighborhood streets
• May 24, 11:00 am: 1.25 miles/on trail at Apex Community Park (at end of run)
• May 25, 7:00 pm: 1.0 mile/on neighborhood streets/with Lucy
• May 26, 8:00 am: 2.0 miles/on neighborhood streets (at end of run)
• May 27, 8:00 pm: walk on Monon Trail in Indianapolis (with Erin, Evan, Amber)
• May 28, 12:30 pm: walking around St. Louis (with Amber)
• May 29, 7:00 pm: walking around Denver on way to dinner (with Amber and Mary Todd)
• May 30, 11:30 am: 1.4 mile hiking trail at Red Rocks in Colorado (with Amber and Mary Todd)
• May 31, 4:30 pm: 1.1 mile hiking trail in Arches National Park in Utah (with Amber)

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