December 22, 2007-Week 6 For The Club

Welcome to the first official day of winter and to the sixth week of our walking club's existence. We had a nice walk this morning at the Brandon Parkway path. I was on time for the walk but unfortunately missed the Weight Watchers meeting. This morning, as I remember, Tony and Mary, Dale, Marie, Deborah, Julie, Bonnie and Gary were present and accounted for. We walked the course, guys to the rear and women to the front.....these ladies are getting pretty fast. We covered about 2.5 miles. I think more exact statistics will come a bit later. Tony and Mary used their trusty Garmin units to track distance and pace. Hopefully Tony will upload his video and provide us with the statistics for the morning activity.

With December and the holidays upon us there are many activities that keep a portion of us away from the Saturday morning walk. I am back after 2 weeks away and I'm glad I made the effort. Some of my observations after 6 weeks and after missing 2 of them on my own:

1. I find the reasons people miss the walk to be as fascinating as the reasons they don't miss
2. There is a pattern emerging which is a sign that the club is developing a personality
3. I personally feel better about the day when I participate in the Saturday morning walk
4. As much as I enjoy the people present on Saturday morning I miss those not there
5. Those who walk regualrly are enjoying it and trying to make it part of their routines

I'm going to make a modification to the BLOG content and with permission as appropriate I will publish stories about people's activities when they are away from the walk and highlight any features regarding efforts they make on their own to get in their walking when circumstances prevent them from being with the Club. Additionally, I'm going to add the worksheet and some other measures to help us all develop walking goals and work together to achieve them.

I'm still fleshing all this out in my mind so any ideas that anyone has will be gratefully considered.

Let me know what you think!

Later.....................