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#181581 - 05/06/09 09:47 AM
Got a SPRING in your walk?
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Da Queen
Registered: 07/02/03
Posts: 12025
Loc: Alabama
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I don't know what it is about the seasons, but they affect me. Do they you? Spring comes and I immediately tell myself it's time to walk every day. I get excited, motivated, and go so far as to actually put on my tennis shoes. Then the excuses come...too hot, too rainy, too many good shows on TV, too much grout in the bathroom, my nails need painting, my dust needs remov---okay, that's carrying it a bit far. Who dust anymore?
All joking aside, I can tell you what time of the year it is by my motivations and actions.
Spring = walking (I actually DO walk...honest injun) Summer = looking around the house for yard sale stuff to make money for upcoming vacation. I'd sell my dog if I could. Fall = digging out my friends (also called sweat pants) Winter = Looking up good soup recipes on the net. I must have a hundred of them.
You? Do you walk in the Spring, sweat in the summer, change over to sweats in the Fall and cook in the winter? What do the seasons say to you?
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#181691 - 05/07/09 01:42 PM
Re: Got a SPRING in your walk?
[Re: jawjaw]
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Registered: 03/22/05
Posts: 4876
Loc: Canada
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I walk around the mall...it's four-season, cool in summer and warm in winter, safe (no dogs, perverts or exhaust fumes [unless you count hubby's propensity for gas]) and lots to look at along the way.
Where we live is surrounded by industry/retail. Lots of traffic, lots of noise, lots of pavement. So we do tend to go elsewhere to walk, and usually combine it with errands.
As to what comes to mind when facing each season? Hmmm.
Spring - gardening, setting up the backyard to feed the critters, watching the evolution of colour in my perennial garden...crocuses, violets, daffodils, grape hyacinths, tulips...glorious!
Summer - colourful capris and visiting hubby's family way up north - nice, sunny but not as brutally hot as here.
Fall - usually we try to do our major traveling during the fall. Also planting more bulbs so we can have more crocuses, violets, daffodils, grape hyacinths and tulips next spring!
Winter - hibernation. Long johns. Hot homemade soups. Cuba for six weeks where we can walk on hot sunny beaches instead of slip-sliding along dangerously icy sidewalks!
And now that I have my Wii Fit, I can exercise whenever I want, no matter what the weather. Nice.
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#181894 - 05/10/09 11:22 AM
Re: Got a SPRING in your walk?
[Re: chatty lady]
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Registered: 05/10/09
Posts: 27
Loc: Iowa
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I walk 1 1/2 miles daily. I used to walk 3 but after a couple of years I didn't even want to get out of bed in the morning thinking of the walking I had to do. Finally told myself, duh self, you made the rule you can change it. So I dropped to 1 1/2 miles a day and don't have trouble facing the day now.
Let's see about the seasons. Spring is a season I simply can't wait for. Warmer weather, the grass turns green, animals have their babies, gardening begins, it's just a wake up time of year.
Summer is wonderful....as long as I have air-conditing to come into. Summer finally warms me clear through after the cold, cold, cold of winter.
Fall is actually my favorite time of year BUT there's always the gnawing feeling in my stomach of what's coming next. I love the trees changing, the animals getting winter coats, the harvesting of crops, the putting to bed of gardens. It's just an absolutely beautiful time of year with the fresh crisp weather, the blue skies and "feel" of the weather.
Winter...sorry, but I hate it. I'm originally from California and I loved winters for the first 25 years of living in Iowa. I now literally hate them and that's the way it is. I sometimes think if we lived where there were trees to stop the horrendous north winds it would help but in farm land there aren't a whole lot of trees.
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#181906 - 05/10/09 01:37 PM
Re: Got a SPRING in your walk?
[Re: yonuh]
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Registered: 04/15/07
Posts: 1341
Loc: Sweden
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OOOOOHHHHH..I soo want to walk..I can´t jogg anymore..because of my bad knee. And I just can´t get motivated enough. When I get home from work..I am sooo tired. I work with small children..can´t that count for exercise? I wonder. I don´t sit down much at all..it´s up and down all the time. There is some standing while outside watching them all..and this is tough on the knees. I feel very guilty for not going out to walk..I used to run almost daily and loved it. The only thing I do quite faithfully is yoga..that I do almost every evening. But it´s tough getting out there after work..even if it´s a LOVELY evening. I probably should do what you do, Chatty..start with a few small steps..and I mean a FEW! Maybe even 10 min out and 10 back the same way is too much for my brain to take in after work. I have to think less..every journey started with one step..or however that thought goes... You just may have something there! I KNOW that you have been really ill and have had a tough time..but you are not giving up!!! You are taking 1 step at a time. I am really impressed..and inspired! Gotta think about what you are doing..AND GOOD LUCK, Chatty!!! You´ll end up getting far on your walks..I know you will..a lot farther than I have so far
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#181929 - 05/10/09 05:35 PM
Re: Got a SPRING in your walk?
[Re: humlan]
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Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3703
Loc: London UK
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I still walk but, have a hard time with "springing" since I hurt my ankle in a train derailment a while back. It still poses a bother on some days and walking ten miles becomes a hard task...I do alright with five. At the very least, I do three a day.
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