Japes
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When I lived in East London in the early 90s, I really loved my annual cycle ride to and from church to play the organ for Midnight Mass as it was the safest I felt on the roads all year with very few lorries and no buses on the roads. I used to cycle to the school where I worked as well but gave up as I kept getting the lock stolen off the bike. (I locked it to the railings outside the school grounds as I worked part-time there and could never find anyone to unlock the main gate from the car park when I needed to leave.)
Having just checked how far that was, I'm now laughing at my younger self who thought that just under three miles was too far to walk.
I've just rejigged my walking spreadsheet. Given 2 lockdowns, 1 period of isolation, and a couple of other impediments to my walking for 2020, I'm actually amazed I've managed as much as I have this year. It's more than my first year of recorded walking, but not as much as the second year or subsequent years. (2020 is my fifth year of recording walking amounts.) When I've got out, it's been pretty consistent hitting targets amounts, with very few days of 15+ miles (which I've not liked). But, far more days of not getting out for more than an hour or even at all.
So, rather than get annoyed with myself, I've rejigged my expectations of myself, created a page in the spreadsheet which covers this time of pandemic, rather than a calendar year, with its ever-changing criteria for everyday life, and just celebrating what I have managed to do! After all, I'm here, alive and well, and definitely much, much, fitter than I was back in the 1990s! I'll return to my yearly challenges when life opens up again.
Having just checked how far that was, I'm now laughing at my younger self who thought that just under three miles was too far to walk.
I've just rejigged my walking spreadsheet. Given 2 lockdowns, 1 period of isolation, and a couple of other impediments to my walking for 2020, I'm actually amazed I've managed as much as I have this year. It's more than my first year of recorded walking, but not as much as the second year or subsequent years. (2020 is my fifth year of recording walking amounts.) When I've got out, it's been pretty consistent hitting targets amounts, with very few days of 15+ miles (which I've not liked). But, far more days of not getting out for more than an hour or even at all.
So, rather than get annoyed with myself, I've rejigged my expectations of myself, created a page in the spreadsheet which covers this time of pandemic, rather than a calendar year, with its ever-changing criteria for everyday life, and just celebrating what I have managed to do! After all, I'm here, alive and well, and definitely much, much, fitter than I was back in the 1990s! I'll return to my yearly challenges when life opens up again.
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