Last evening I decided to go for a walk for the first time since the move. I decided to explore a new direction given the new location. The new house is on a hill, toward the crest. I headed up the street.
I ended up at Shipman’s Park, a park that I had often passed but never visited. I decided to have a brief rest whilst addind the site to Foursquare. The park is built on a significant slope, it is not a park that you would go for a kick of the football, but is a nice place to have a sit and smell the fresh air and look over the suburb toward the ocean.
After deciding to press on my calf muscles both complained with a contraction. Thankfully this lasted about one minute and then was fine. I continued in the same direction and then continued to the major shopping centre. It wasa very easy walk with a slight decline all the way.
I had to purchase some milk and some bread, so I headed to Woolworths. At this time I was talking to Bobbie who was on her way home from work. This is about 5 minutes walk from the main shopping centre. The walk again was relatively flat until the driveway and stairs. That said they were not a challenge. As I got to Woolworths it started drizzling. The kind of rain that you can stand in for hours and not truly get wet. Bobbie and I hung up so I could get through the shop, that we know has a significant dead spot in it.
I then went and got the supplies from Woolworths and headed out, the rain had stopped. I decided to go out the back way. As I was heading out I called Bobbie again and was chatti g to her.
The back way has a steep long hill. I saw this as a challenge that I wanted to conquer. About half way up I was double thinking my desire, but continued and eventually made it albeit huffing and puffing. I had to have a break and drink my water. Fortunately there was a park at the end.
After a 10 minute break I continued on. The next hill was only a minute down the road. This hill was not as long, but just as steep. Again it was conquered. About 50% of the way up this hill the rain returned. This time it was heavier and I was quite wet by the end. My headset then played up in the rain making our chat very frustrating. I though continued on looking like a drowned rat and was fortunate that Bobbie was heading home from work. I ended up in the car for the last kilometer.
All in all a 105 minute walk and today I had a very slight ache in the legs, but nothing to worry about.
