Walking Hazards of Every Kind

What started out as training for the 3-Day, 60-Mile Walk for the Cure has turned into a routine.

Five to seven days a week, I walk five to six miles each day.

Sounds good, right?

I thought so, too, but there seems to be a conspiracy against my walks.

Record-Breaking

I wish I could say the record-breaking is my pace.

But, instead it’s the heat – 70 days of 90 degrees or more.

I – HATE – HEAT.

Maybe it was too many years in southern California (mostly San Diego). For nearly 20 years, the farthest I lived from the ocean was three blocks.

Temperatures in the 70s are my idea of nirvana.

My walks have been getting earlier and earlier in an effort to beat the heat. I’ve missed more days this year than I have in awhile. Bummer.

Sheep’s Clothing

I don’t know when I started resembling a sheep.

On three separate occasions (and three dogs), I have been attacked by a sheep-herding border collie.

The snarling, snapping surveyors of sheep circled me, one throwing his body against my leg. It even snapped at its young owner who tried to grab him before it took a chunk out of me.

I-LOVE-DOGS.

But, I now find myself freezing when I hear the sound of a barking dog on one of my walks.

Being Invisible

That’s the only explanation I can come up with.

How else could someone NOT see me when I am in the middle of a crosswalk? Crossing with the light.

Much of my route is in less traveled areas. Yet, the one area where I must disappear is at a major intersection with a working stoplight.

More than once, I ran to get out of the path of a car.

I – HATE – RUNNING.

So, I guess I have to figure out how to remove th cloak of invisibility.

Fall For The Future

With a little more than two months until my 10th 3-Day Walk for the Cure, it’s time to step it up.

Fortunately, that coincides with the approach of fall.

• The hope is for cooler weather
• With dogs behind gates and doors
• And drivers not blinded by light

Isn’t walking supposed to be good for you? Walk on.

A huge thank-you to all my contributors!

I have a bit over $500 left to raise on the $2,300 required to walk. If you can help, I would appreciate it.

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Thank You, Contributors

• Ada Kersey
• Alan Sakal
• Anne Wayman
• Bruce Cutting
• Cindy Simmons
• Debbie Ressler
• Dyann Calder
• Harriet Rotter Bell
• Heather Woodruff
• Janet Shapard
• Jeffrey Friedli
• Joe & Elaine Conway
• John Kahle
• Judi & Joe DiMatteo
• Julie Ewert
• ken Lautsch
• Kevin Miller
• Kim Lemon
• LaVerne Richards
• Linda Barney
• Lori Widmer
• Marjorie Miller
• Marsha Lindbeck
• Mitchell Allen
• Nicky Parry
• Rachel Marturello
• Rita Wiggins
• Rosemary Lopez
• Sharon Hurley Hall

BigStock Photo Credit for dog – no, I didn’t take a picture of any of the little herders.

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