Evening walk

Distance: 3.2 miles (uphill!)
Time: 1 hour

Last night I went for my first evening, mid-week walk.

I don't find it too hard to get up on a Saturday or Sunday morning when it's bright and sunny, don my trainers and go for a walk. However after a days work when it's dark and quite cold, my enthusiasm wains slightly!

Last night I got home from work at about 6:00pm, had a cup of tea then put on my tracksuit bottoms, sweatshirt and trainers, plugged my iPod in and set off along the streets of Worcester.

I found it much harder than the 5 miles I had done last weekend. I didn't really like walking on my own and I hadn't really picked a particularly nice area of Worcester to walk through so that is something I will look into changing for next time. It was also mainly on an incline which made it a bit harder although I didn't mind it too much.

I think the hardest part of the walk was walking past the chippy that's about 500metres from my flat without stopping to go in!

It took me roughly an hour so a slower pace than I'm used to but this should increase as I get a bit fitter. I got home, cooked dinner and collapsed on the sofa.

About an hour later I had learned the hard way the importance of stretching after a walk as I was a little bit stiff and sore. Not too bad and I feel fine this morning.

It wasn't a fantastic walk but I am very pleased with the fact that I actually managed to get off my butt and do it!!