The holiday season is a wonderful, magical time. It is also a time of good food; a constant temptation of too much food. To counter this, I create a challenge for myself to keep active and not gain weight, yet still enjoy what the season has to offer.
This year, I set a goal to brisk walk a 5K everyday from Thanksgiving to New Years. Some of the walks were in CA and some in OR. Some were solo, some were with run/walk friends, and some were with my husband or my boys.
37 days straight. The first 10 days in, my hips hurt. It felt like I had popped something out of joint on my left side. It did not let it deter me, but it did not make those initial walks any easier. I suspect that my body was so used to running, that shifting to the different gait of walking, and also the initial walks were on sand, made my body all confused.
Everything worked itself out and I was able to keep with it. The final few days were windy and rainy, but I had a good raincoat.
Pace improved. I feel stronger and look forward to keeping up with being active in 2021. I don’t have a scale in OR, but feel confident I did not gain weight. Might have lost a little. Definitely firmed up a bit. here’s a few collages from some of the walks…
Gloria and Henna 
David 
Alex 
Allison and Stacy 
Teresa 
David 
Alex and Ryan