First I ran or walked a mile each day for 5 weeks. Now the goal is to do that or something comparable each day through Mother’s Day. (But I’m still calling it mile-a-day.) Here’s how I’m doing:
Apr 29 – 1.2 mile treadmill walk
Apr 30 – 1 mile treadmill walk
May 1 – 1.2 mile treadmill walk
May 2 – 1.2 mile treadmill walk
May 3 – 1.5 mile treadmill walk
May 4 – 1.5+ mile walk on the trails at Armand Bayou
May 5 – 3.1 mile run outside
I’m happy to have gotten back on track this week with doing something every day! I gotta admit, I almost missed 3 days this week — after the previous three weeks, it’s a little TOO easy to convince myself that no one — including myself — really cares whether I’m successful or not. But I DO care, and I also know that’s how good habits get thrown by the wayside. So on basically every weeknight, I forced myself onto the treadmill; on most of those, it was 11:00 pm by the time I walked my mile. Yes, that goes against my goal of getting to bed earlier!
But this weekend was solid. Yesterday we had some family fun time over at the Armand Bayou Nature Center. We walked one of the trails which is advertised as 1.5 miles, and covered more ground to and from the trailhead. I didn’t take my Garmin or think to map it on my phone, so who knows, but we definitely covered a (leisurely) mile.
Today I ran outside in the spectacular — and completely unexpected for the first weekend of May — weather and had a great time. And my run last Sunday, despite being my first run in a few weeks, felt pretty good despite the humidity and the burden of the stroller. Is it possible that this mile-a-day thing might actually be maintaining some low level of fitness? I didn’t think a mile a day was enough to do that since it’s so little, but perhaps it truly is better than zero.
