Conclusion: The Great Walking Experiment of March 08

Captain's log: 04022008 Final conclusion of 30-minute for 30-days walking experiment

We are now at April and the end of my 30-day Great Walking Experiment, and I have to say that my experiment proved to be a mostly hilarious failure. I just could not stick to walking every day after day 13, and I'm okay with that. I had a good laugh about it, and hey it's okay to not be perfect at something.

On the upside, I tried something new, and I did learn something about myself and what I like exercise wise. Walking is a good form of exercise. I do like it because you are simply getting your body to move, and moving is better than being sedentary all day long.

I, however, much prefer to exercise like a fiend and sweat like a drippy wet dog who's emerged from a dip in the ocean. I also LOVE my days off. I'd rather work hard 4-5 days with 2-3 days rest, than exercise every day moderately. The walking experiment was beneficial in that it gave my knee some time to recoop. I'm back to running slowly, and short distances, and the knee is good.

Now that Spring is bringing the warmer weather and longer days, I can imagine that we'll be seeing more and more people walking after dinner which is good to burn some calories yet not get you too wired so you can't get to sleep at a decent time.

The best part of the Great Walking Experiment was that I got to take a whole lot of awesome pictures, listen to some great music, and "see" more of my neighborhood that I never could from a car. btw, seeing this red tractor in the middle of Silicon Valley just cracked me up. The engineers would probably try and wifi, bluetooth, and turn it into a green machine. So put on your walking shoes. You never know what fun you'll find in your hood.