After my couple of days away my knees have been hurting so I have decided to have a go at walking on grass as I think it could be the jarring from the footpaths/roads that is causing me grief. So, today Trent, I and the kids met up with Nic & Robyn at the school at the back of their house to walk laps of the oval.
As I was ready to go before Trent and the kids I decided to start walking to the school and told Trent to pick me up on the way. The school was exactly 6km away from our house and I managed to walk 4.8km before Trent got to me. I tried jogging part of the way but it hurt my knee too much. so I literally just walked.
Once at the school I walked 1 lap on my own, 1 lap with Robyn and then about 6 with Nic. Trent and Robyn ended up watching the kids in the playground and not walking. I think Nic and I worked out that it is about 4 laps for 1km so with me doing the 8 laps I walked another 2km.
I walked the whole time with no shoes on and I loved it. It didn't hurt my feet, ankles or my knees. I think barefoot might be the way to go in the future however, it may be a problem for some fun runs I am thinking of doing in the near future.
It is nice to have someone to talk to whilst walking but at the same time I do feel I was slowing Nic down as he runs, not like my stupid jog a proper run. Hopefully if I go walking/running with him again he will set his own pace and not feel like he has to walk and talk to me.
Distance travelled today: 6.8km
Distance travelled so far: 49.75km
Distance left to travel: 25,704.25km
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