Awareness of the outside world. A search on Christmas Sports yields the results that are all about TV broadcast schedules. For instance, Front Office Sports: The NBA’s Christmas Tradition Could Finally Be Challenged…By The NFL. McCarthy. December 24, 2022. Article is specific to last year, but covers background historical facts. “Since the 1980s, the NBA has become synonymous with Christmas Day, similar to the NFL with Thanksgiving or college football with New Year’s Day.” Lede. (Note. Could access on my phone but not my desktop. Shrug.)
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One K New Place
Kowaliga Bridge Boat Ramp over Lake Martin on the Tallapoosa River. Combination photo shoot, walk, & bike ride (for those of us who indulge). Once around the parking lot was .4. So one mile was easy. Watched folks taking their boats in & out.
A fast mile for me. Flat & easy path …
… no …
… wait ….
1 KILOMETER. No wonder it was fast. Seriously, I just noticed this as I was doing the post. That makes much more sense. Four mph is peak speed for me. [In Which I Set A PR, Walk Report, Magic City 5K 2021]
Somewhere between 2-3 mph is consistent with my usual strolling pace and stopping to take photos. I was wondering if our morning walks were having an effect. No. Measuring was having an effect. [Cold Weather Clothing]
What can I say. Milton’s lesson was that morning. Hitching Milton is a team effort, mentally as well as physically. [Milton at Work]
Rest of the walks were mornings in the pasture. We missed three. One when Milton worked that morning (I made up for it later). One for rain (took the day off). One when we had to be somewhere early (Milton’s lesson, walked later, above). [Milton’s Morning Mosey]
Daily walk mileage counts toward my slow virtual amble down the middle of the country. [Biking and Walking Virtually, Mississippi River, Table of Contents]
5K Not New Place
Was having a cranky day. Decided to do the monthly 5K. At least get something done that day.
Found an interesting place. Did I really want the carbon footprint of driving 40 minutes each way just to check off a new place? I go back & forth on this question. [October Walks]
So, I went for a stomp around the pasture.
I forgot that the perimeter of pasture, complete with hill and winding dirt path takes 30 minutes per mile, rather than 20+ minutes. Finished in a solid 1:30.
10K into NYC virtual walk. [Archives]
Other
Biked twice. My plan is to bike once a week, on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, I am a fair weather biker. Doesn’t take much to keep the bike in the barn.
Biking down the Mississippi River. Can’t do that IRL. [Biking and Walking Virtually, Mississippi River, Table of Contents]
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 