I love a parade.
Actually I don’t, but that’s exactly what I get to do today… march in a parade. Oddly enough, it’s not for Columbus Day. My town celebrates “Houby Day” which is a celebration of a mushroom, and I believe an Eastern European mushroom at that. The main positive here is that I will walk to the start line and the walk the route and then home. I am getting pretty good at figuring out the mileage without driving it, but I do check myself routinely to make sure I’m right. Today I can’t do a premeasure because the entire route is shut down, but I will wear the pedometer to get a good idea of how close I am. I suspect it’s a 6 mile round trip. Actually check it out, I just mapquested it… the most expedient route is 2.75 miles, which I won’t walking of course due to the route. So I’m pretty confident I’m right on the 6 miles! Then I can do a 4 mile loop after 5 pm when hopefully the heat abates a bit. (It’s insanity here.)
Yesterday I walked my 4 miles, ate sensibly at Panera for my team meeting (they have a new Harvest Salad which was great), got mad at all of them for being stupid so I went shopping, came home and finally made my pot roast (which I only nibbled at because it takes too long to make for dinner after such a long day!), and made myself a chicken, broccoli, red pepper, and tomato stir fry. And I had a big glass of red wine and some dark chocolate covered macadamia nuts. Yes, comfort through food. Ah well, I got that out of my system.
Okay off to the parade. I love a parade …. that gets me a big score in the walking department.
Ellen
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Good job on the walking! And hey all that parade walking is exercise, too! Good luck with that!
I like that you turned the parade thing into a positive experience. WTG! Have fun and let us know how it goes!
The harvest salad sounds different. Wonder what’s in it? Your parade sounds like fun, but not in this heat!! KY is 92 today and dry as a bone. 92 tomorrow , too. Where is fall? I have to go out so early to avoid the heat and ozone. Oh well, soon I will be complaining about the cold. (I hope) Have a super week. Hugs, Marge
Hope you had fun in the parade!!!!
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Parades are fantastic for exercise, especially if you’re actually in one. I used to be in marching band when I was in high school and the activity, changing scenery, and tons of people watching make it hardly seem strenous at all. I hope you have a great time!