Training Started

No more work or should I say no more work that I will be paid for.  I have started my exercise routine.  Yesterday walked 4.2 miles, then downloaded an app called Map My Walk.  Used it to measure my walk today on a different route and did another 4.2 miles.  Yesterday's walk was along a busy street with no sidewalk.  I decided that was not really safe enough with all the traffic.  Today I followed sidewalks, but I did not intend to walk as far as I did.  I thought it would be a shorter route, but I was wrong.  I have decided to walk Monday - Friday and rest up on the weekends.  Route includes up hills and down.  Average time is 18 minutes/mile.  Looking forward to visiting the REI store in Atlanta to check out equipment like pack, tent, and other gear.

It has been a little while since my last post.  Work officially is winding down only 4 days left.  I should begin working with my replacement today.  Spent last week at the beach with most of my family.  A lot of fun.  Traffic was so bad going down to the beach that Scott and I decided to take a shortcut, using his gps on his phone.  Ended up slipping and sliding once the pavement ended, and basically went mud-riding though not intentional.  Only spun out one time when the car went sideways.  When we finally got to pavement again we past what seemed to be a deserted air force base.  When we got back to the highway we had saved about 30 minutes of stop and go traffic.  Even though I thought we would get stuck in the mud, the shortcut was well worth it.  Craig brought me a pot so, I now have a cooking utensil for the trail.  I will begin purchasing other equipment in August.  I plan to begin training for the AT as soon as my last work day.  I have a 4 to 5 mile hike planned for a daily routine.  I hope to drop about 30 pounds before the journey begins.  I am considering running a half marathon in January with Jason, Craig, and Emily. But for now I will just have to wait to see how the training goes.  More to follow later.