find ways to exercise everyday

Get a place to go.

I have bitten the bullet.

And joined…

The YMCA

And went for a wee bit of a walk.

4.68 miles worth.

The big issue was the heat (92 degrees) and the humidity (43 percent)and the air quality which was judged to be…

101 – 150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (Ozone)
51 – 100 Moderate (particulates)

As it happens I am very sensitive to Ozone.

So what do I do?

Mow half an acre of lawn… and follow it up with waltzing across a mountain on a trail with an average incline of 21 percent.

_{I need my head examined!}

Then I went to walk around a Big Box Store

So add another couple of miles LOL

I am checking this goal off as done for today!

Check.

I even mowed the lawn (about a half acre) with a push mower…

The next thing to do is to change…

And then to walk.

You see if you go from one city by car…

and then fly from another city by air…

and walk around the second city on foot…

then fly back to the first city…

then drive to your orginal city…

then drive to yet another city…

and fly to a differmt town and back…

Only to drive back in a couple of days…

to fly to a third city and a fourth…

and back again, only to repeat it again to the opposite coast within 36 hours of landing…

you get to schlep bags.

A LOT.

I call this exercise.

It has been a day of hoofing it. A mile at the airport outbound, a mile at the airport inbound, a mile back and forth to/from the train station, then five miles just connecting the dots between the Department of Commerce, the Hotel, the Hirshaorn Museum, the natuaral History Museum, the Aier Space Museum, the White House and the Hotel…

Eight miles.

Tomorrow I hit Capital Hill. For real.

Only 4 laps and three miles.

But forward motion nonetheless.

And where he stops…

Well, in this case it was after eight laps around the mall. Tried to change it up a bit by varying which FLOOR I get to walk around…

The slice of life of the humanity that occupies these places is an eye opener…

But from the exercise side of the house I did eight laps…

Which works out to an even six miles

But it’s all ok…

Another day…

Another mall…

Another 4.5 miles on the feet.

It’s ALL good!

Mall Rat

But those laps add up…

If you walk the mall…

and walk the mall…

and walk the mall again...

And then add up all the distance involved (I asked the Customer Service folks for a read out on their property)...

Today I clocked in seven and a half miles

_{not too shabby!}

You know, all the big box stores…

Sam’s

Costco…

WalMart…

Ikea…

Then did a round on the lat tower…

_{did I mention it was pouring rain?}