I have signed up with my long term Australian friend Bryce Ferguson to hike 18 days for about 190 miles across the UK, from Robin Hood Bay to St. Bees An average day is about 11 miles, but some days will be 20 miles, plus we will climb "the equivalent" of Mt Everest! So obviously I need to get into shape.
David gave me a "fitbit" for Christmas. This little watch like device measures how far you walk in a day. I love to have data and so I love my fitbit. As soon as I had tried it out I called Bryce and told him "You have to get one of these!" Our data can be shared over the internet, Bryce came up with a spread sheet and I anxiously log in each morning to see what he managed the day before. After two weeks we are now both averaging about 13,000 paces a day.
There is about 2,000 paces in a mile, so by August we need to be regularly managing days of 40,000 paces. The IOP is a great place to walk, but its flat. The only hill in the area is the bridge over the IOP.
We also need to prep for Deidre's TAR. Today we both joined a gym and we are both on diets. We have also been looking to rent a furnished ground floor apartment so Deidre has a sensible place to recover. Today we hit the jackpot and rented a whole house from a Canadian family who had to return to Canada for a medical emergency. We have it for 3 to 4 months.
(Today was a good day! We also tracked down a free child car seat! So now we can transport Mason without borrowing a car seat from Kylie and Ryan.)
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