Woke up to a few inches of snow outside my window, and thought of how difficult it’ll be to walk10 miles. Sidewalks filled with snow and ice slow down my walking pace, and sometimes forces me into the road, which isn’t ideal.
This photo was from my first walk, around 9:11am. I had a Zoom call at 10am, and knew I had to get some distance in before that. It was just 0.5 miles, but every bit helps for later in the day.
It’s a Saturday, so town is pretty quiet, aside from snow blowers and plow trucks.
I walked through the college campus twice. Doubled back on some streets. Slipped a few times, but never fell.
The photo above was from my 2nd walk of the day, at 1:17pm, just after an hour-long live stream I did on Substack talking about Break Up With Social Media Day.
After this walk I was at 4.46 miles for the day, with 5.54 miles to go.
My third walk of the day was my longest. When I set out at 4:17pm it was 33°F, but 84% humidity, so I felt comfortable wearing my new shorts (Path Projects, sooo nice).
The photo above was at 4:34pm, with the sun setting nicely.
By 5:07pm there was a good amount of steam fog, where moisture evaporates off the snow. Can’t really tell from this photo, but it was wonderful.
This walk was 4.17 miles in one hour and 15 minutes, which brought me to 8.55 miles for the day.
I stopped at my house, grabbed something to drink, and checked my mileage: just 1.4 miles to go. I went back out for my fourth walk of the day, which took about 30 minutes, bringing me to 10.1 miles total.
Total walking time was three hours, six minutes.
According to my Apple Health app that’s 24,628 steps.
So 17 days into the new year I’m at 177.3 miles, about 10.4 miles per day.