Hiya,
After a couple of days of doing nothing (an ache to the lower leg, tiredness, not in the mood), I read several posts on the Facebook community of the Conquerer Challenges and I felt ashamed. There are so many people on there who suffer and who have troubles walking even 1 mile and there I was feeling pity for myself just because I 'suffer' from tiredness (due to my RA). Pathetic. So on Saturday I kicked myself in the butt and crawled on my treadmill to walk 3 km.
And yesterday (Sunday) my mom and I went outside to do a walk outdoors. We didn't really know where to go, but set off and decided to do part of my 10 km (about 5 to 6 km) running route, adding a route of 3 km which is inside the huge cemetery nearby. I ran that cemetery route on my own months ago and scared myself out of my wits because it was creepy. There is a part you run in between close woods without anyone around and only creaking trees around you. I wanted to show my mom that route, so we set off to do just that.
When we started, we noticed there were a LOT of people walking around. After some time we found out that there was an organized walking event which incorporated part of our route (and also in the cemetery). After about 3,5 km we reached the cemetery and followed the running route. Of course, nothing creepy about it because of the load of people walking there, the sun shining and the birds singing. It was a totally different world from when I did my run there.
We passed several ponds and in 1 pond there were LOADS of frogs croaking and singing. I had forgotten my camera, so I couldn't zoom in and see the frogs. I cursed myself for forgetting my camera when suddenly a heron flew down in the pond to go hunt the frogs. We waited there for a while, but the frogs alerted each other of the heron and all fell silent and the heron just stood there, waiting. In the end we continued our walk, leaving the heron and the frogs in their impasse.
The creepy part of the route was so busy and so sunny, again, it felt like a totally different world from when I was there and scared myself shitless and ran like the devil was behind me. Also here we passed a pond with croaking frogs as well as a pair of Egyptian Geese with 5 little ones. And again I cursed myself for having forgotten my camera.
Once out of the cemetery (we had reached nearly 7K at the moment) we continued back home and reached home after 9,02 km. A much longer walk than we had anticipated and much longer than was healthy for my body. Either way, this was another 9K ticked of for my LOTR challenge.
Unfortunately I had a slight ache in my right knee before the walk and I fear the walk aggravated it (despite not feeling the ache during the walk), because today my knee hurts a bit badly. Stairs are a curse and I am wondering whether I might best take a day off from walking and let the knee rest a bit. Argh, another hiccup in my walking adventure... There is always something, at least now it's not my own 'laziness' stopping me.
Cheers, Evy
LOTR challenge - the first walk
Accidental 9k
