Awareness of the outside world. NYC Historic Floral District Museum. Online only at the moment. Much history of the 28th street district. 💐🌼🌸🌹🪷🌻🌷💐
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My monthly 5Ks for 2024. All taken at a mild walk on mostly flat, mostly paved paths.
January
IRL local park/self-awarded medal, Feb post. [Month of the Dragon, State of the Fitness]
February
IRL Ebenezer Swamp/self-awarded medal, March post. In which I discuss selfie medals. [Leaping Around The Swamp, State of the Fitness] ..
March
IRL Inverness/virtual Georgia Aquarium 5K, April post. [Jamais Vu Is The Opposite of Déjà Vu, State of the Fitness]
April
IRL Lake George/virtual Atlanta Zoo 5K, no post. [Adjusting The Line Up, State of the Blog]
May
Hugh Kaul Trail, Birmingham, no medal. The trail is 0.63 mile. I was expecting to have to walk back & forth. Turns out the Hugh Kaul Trail is part of the Red Rock Trail system. I was able to walk out & back instead of zinging back & forth like a typewriter platen.
June
IRL Columbiana [Wandering Along, Walk Report, L💐🌼iberty Day 5K 2024]
July
IRL local park/virtual BreyerFest 5K, no post.
In February, it was about the medal. In June, I had a medal, but the motivation was more about checking off a walk for the month. Between heat & thunderstorms, I ran out of month. First thing on the 31st, local park, as early as possible right after feeding. Check. Easy. Slightly boring if anything. Joints once again reminded me that I don’t walk on pavement often, see June.
August – almost
Pelham City Park with local walking group. Yes actual, live people. Official walk was 2 miles. Thought about adding on an extra mile after. Didn’t feel that strongly about it.
September One
Virtual New Balance 5th Avenue Mile
Sunday 8 September 2024
Distance: 1 mile
Average Elapsed Speed – 17:27 minutes/mile
Elapsed Time – 21:21 minutes
Strava
“No one predicted that we would spend hundreds of dollars for devices we would carry with us at all times and then ASK Big Sibling to keep track of where we are and who we know.” [Replicating The Setting, Virtual New Balance 5th Avenue Mile 2021]
[Strolling Along The Avenue In My Mind’s Eye, Virtual New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, September 2020]
September Two
3.04 miles = 4.89 km, close enough. My ride was on the way.
Unposted photo from 2022 showing how City Walk is mostly under the highway. Also [What Is Public Art?]
October
From golf course …
… to wildlife habitat.
November 2024
Chace Lake Park
Hoover AL
Another former golf course, 2.5 miles. Finished mileage at nearby shopping strip, lower photo. Wandered about until I had the numbers. Not sure why it had sidewalks? Basically a series of buildings & parking lots, although I did see another person getting their steps in. Shopping area in upper right, white area on map. Once done, turned off record, went shopping, walked back to truck.
AL.com: Chace Lake Country Club in Hoover, Alabama closes after 46 years, Anderson 2008.
“The plan for the new Chace Lake subdivision calls for 215 new single-family houses and a 35-acre public park on the river.” Bham Wiki: Chace Lake Country Club
December – Pending
Tried to find a holiday themed walk. No dice. Will end the year the way I began with a march around the local walking track. No medal.
Update. Last Walk of 2024, In Which I Encounter A Social Trend, A Fitness Post
Selfie Medals
Yammered on about. Order a bunch. Then, meh. Suddenly, I was over that adventure.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Again, your persistence is impressive.
Louise
Thank you.
Thank’s for the recap, I enjoyed sitting quietly and reading about all that walking!
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Wow. Nice — and enviable — record for exercise. If you are still looking for a holiday themed walk, try City Walk. There are Christmas trees there — provided by sponsors, according to press or social media posts. MM
City Walk is nice. I hope finds its audience.