finished Emma a while back – Pride and Prejudice is still my favorite. I also read the first Artemis Fowl book (no 59) and Guards, Guards by Pratchett (no 69). I liked both
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“Don't look at me in that tone of voice.” ― Dorothy Parkerweek 50: 36.86 miles with a 10.36 mile hike around Lake Chabot. I am planning to keep up the 9 to 11 mile walks on Sunday til mid May in advance of a hiking trip to Yellowstone. I also started doing smaller hikes with a friend on Saturday – Its great to have a walking buddy and the views from the Ridge of SF and the East Bay are terrific
Week 49: 26.57 miles and no long walks after completing the Marathon – I actually had to add a couple of blocks to my last walk on Sunday to meet the goal.
Week 48: 45.82 miles and the Marathon distance (and a bit more = 27.89 miles!) around San Francisco on Saturday. I can mark this done but figured I am only 4 weeks from a year of Marathon a week posts that I would wait the month and write it off as complete on Week 52. It is exciting to have finished such a major goal!
Week 47: 39.78 miles with a 16 mile walk at Lake Chabot as a warm up for the marathon distance this Saturday. I have to say I am a bit anxious about this. It seems so crazy to walk that many miles in San Francisco – I still have to figure out the pedestrian route up to the Golden Gate Bridge as I plan to cross it as part of the distance
Week 46: 28.59 miles with no long walks as I was sick over the weekend. 2 more weeks until the marathon…...
Week 45: 40.87 miles with a very long 23.89 mile hike from the East Bay Hills to the Bay along the Alameda Creek trail. Just 2.3 miles short of the Marathon Distance. Last mile transformed me into the walking dead- trudging zombie like to my car (in the dark).
week 44: 29.13 miles and 14 miles at Alameda Creek. I had always intended for the week after I made 20 miles to be a recovery week, but a family issue called me back to the Midwest for a sad family event. So I just managed to edge over the marathon for the week with a bit of indoor walking on the treadmill.
Week 43: 41.52 miles and 20.1 miles along Alameda Creek. The park map actually adds up to 21.5 miles but the signposts at the park only added up to 20 miles – so am going with the more conservative number. I got to say this may be the craziest thing I have done – at the end of this everything hurt – including hair follicles!.
Week 42: 40.09 miles and twice around Lake Chabot plus a mile so 19.24 miles. Also four 30 minute rounds of circuit training. I am currently planning the route through SF for March 16
Week 41: 40.72 miles and 18.12 miles (twice around Lake Chabot). I have a slow but study pace but would like to get a bit quicker for the actual marathon distance. I will be glad when I finish this
Week 40: 39.01 miles and 16.75 miles on Sunday. 7 more weeks to the Marathon distance. Based on the online training cycle I am using I want to build up to 20 to 22 miles by adding a mile or 2 every week and then rest and do 10 the week before.
Week 39: 41.6 miles and 15.88 miles in Lake Chabot Park. I really ca’t imagine doing ten more miles in 2 months but I really couldn’t imagine doing 16 miles 2 months ago so…..
Week 38: 48.63 miles and 13.1 miles on the bike trail around Chabot. Lots of up and down and man was I tired….. This week I am trying for 14 miles.
47: The Big U: N Stephenson
48: Election: T Perrotta
49: The age of Miracles : K Walker
50: The Spellman Files: L Lutz
I loved the Spellman Files and am planning on reading the sequels. Great fun about a family of PIs in SF
Week 37: 47.64 miles includes 2 10 plus mile walks on Christmas Eve and on Sunday. The weather finally cleared up and got some good time in. I start upping the Sunday miles next week with the goal of 20 miles occurring a couple of weeks before the marathon distance date.
Week 36: 29.68 miles and no long hikes. Rain and even more rain made it hard to squeeze in the time required for a long hike. As it is this was some rainy 3 milers during the week and a sick day on Monday
Week 35: 34.50 miles and 10.18 miles around lake Chabot. I am running a week behind on the updates so need to do two weeks ago and last week. Chabot is always nice – it has more paved trails so is less muddy than Redwood.
Week 34: 41.25 miles. Walked home from the Berkeley campus after checking in on the students before their presentation. That was 4 miles through Elmwood and Rockridge – very nice. Also 10.51 miles in Redwood on a Sunny Sunday. I figured out that there will be a one week difference from the planned date of my marathon walk and a year of marathon a week. I might juggle the timing to coincide.
