16 blocks, 30 minutes, 8 cats! (6 at one house!!)

Slower today because my knee is hurting and my phone was possessed; two competing MP3 players were trying to own my music and I had to uninstall one of them. Given the difference that the right music makes to my pace, I felt it time well spent.

16 blocks, 22 minutes, 4 cats

To qualify as 'walking music', a song needs to have a 4/4 (or 2/4 beat, potentially), strongly accented on either the 2&4 or 1&3 beats, and then it has to have the right kind of beats per minute. Too slow and I slow down too much, too fast and I can't keep up. Don't ask me what the right BPM is, but 'Bop' by Dan ( Read more... )

16 blocks, 25 minutes, 1 cat

Added to permanent walking music rotation
Bop, Dan Seals
No News, Lonestar
All That Heaven Would Allow, The Mavericks
Uptown Girl, Billy Joel

16 blocks, 26 minutes, 1 cat (new ( Read more... )

• Tue, 04:54: One week http://t.co/LtQvqYJKq7

Today: 2 laps @ 8 blocks, 16 blocks, 29 minutes 4 cats

One week: 60 blocks, 111 minutes.

2 laps, 12 blocks, 20 minutes, 4 cats

I was reminded that my phone is also an MP3 player, so now I have music for walkies!

2 laps @ 6 blocks each for 12 blocks, 25 minutes, 2 cats.

3 laps, 12 blocks, 22 minutes, 4 cats spotted

Two laps, eight blocks, 15 minutes

I haven't done walking in years, not since my appendectomy. 9 out of every 10 weekdays will see me ambling around my house. (that 10th weekday, every other Thursday, I have a 13th Age game which runs from 4:30am to 8-9ish am. Australian GM, international players.)