Hello, for health reasons, in May and June of 2019, I completed an 11 day, 122 mile walk across Tennessee, from north to south. For those of you who may be new to a blog, try this. Scroll down to where you can see the archives on the right. Click on ‘May’ and read the very top article, titled ‘Post Updates’ which has two videos, one of why I walked, and the other is about my previous trips. Then click on ‘June’ and the first article is at the bottom, so work your way up the page.
Friday, October 5, 2018
First Practice Run
On Friday, Sept, 28,2018, I made my first practice run. My goal was to walk 12 miles in one day instead of my normal 4. I planned on doing 6 miles on our local greenbelt, stop and eat, and then come back the same 6 miles. With a halfway point break also, each way. I was not sure how to attempt my first interview by just approaching a stranger, but I pulled it off. This man was keeping the grounds at a corporate headquarters of Alter'd State, a women's fashion company. Click here to see the video. It had been raining a lot the night before but the rain had stopped and was a nice cool cloudy day. I walked through several low spots of about an inch of water/mud, but when I got to the 5 mile mark, I came across a place where the water was flowing over the path about 6 or 7 inches deep. So I turned around and changed courses. So I did about 11 1/2 miles in a total of 6 hours, of which I only walked about 4 hours, since I took three breaks, did an interview, and just stopped and talked to a dozen people. So if on my trip I plan on a 10 hour day, I see no problem averaging 15-16 miles. Thanks for following and pass the word around about my trip.
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