1908 Walking with Piper

Monday, July 14, 2008

Piper and I have started our exercise commitment. We're going to walk three times a week. He has a treadmill, but rarely manages to work up the enthusiasm. I'll get out and walk (let's not discuss my treadmill, buried under mending in the bedroom), but I'll accept any excuse not to. So we're going to keep each other honest.

Today was our first day. It took 15 minutes to get him off the phone and out of the office. Once we got going it was nice. It seems a lot shorter with company.

We walked through a residential area, and then back into the middle of the village, and that's when we got bogged down. He had to stop and talk to everyone we passed, and supervise construction projects, and window shop, and so on. It doesn't really matter, it's the distance not the time that matters to weight loss, but the point is to use no more time than he would usually take for a relaxed lunch. If it eats up too much of his day it could become onerous.

My goal Wednesday will be to get a walk in, and a quick lunch, and deposit him back in his office by 1 pm, just to show him it can be done. I'll take him on a loop that avoids most of the village center. It goes through the cemetery, but at least those folks don't converse.
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