ever walk

Marathon swimmer Diane Nyad and her partner Bonnie Stoll created a cross country walk called EverWalk to get Americans off their butts and outside and moving. It will roll out over 5 years. Registration opened in June...but only for the LA walk.  There's no way I could take time off from school, or go to LA in less than a week. This would be a one month commitment. I was heartbroken.

I kind of shoved it to the back of my brain and then one day I received an email. They had added a virtual walk option for those who couldn't get to LA. Good move. Maybe they don't want to lose their enthusiastic walkers outside of California. So I signed up. My t-shirt came yesterday. I'm supposed to walk between Oct. 23-29. I can do any one of the distances. A 5K, 10K, A full day which is 20 miles, ect. Or I can walk each day. Then, of course, they want you to wear the tee and post the photos to social media with a variety of hashtags.

If I wore the tee for the full six days, that would be one nasty tee by the end of the week! Maybe I'll wear it Saturday. It isn't pink, so it's going to be tough look to pull off in Pinktober. But I'll figure it out.

This week I've been walking short distances, only a half hour at a time, twice a day. I don't want to put too much stress on my sore knee.  It's interesting that uphill is no problem, but downhill hurts a little. But it makes sense. Downhill your legs apply a braking motion. So I'm not doing steep hills.

I still have not taken any pain killers. And I keep watching for lumps or hot spots or anything that might spell trouble. I also elevate it in the evening, and when possible during the day. Last night I slept all night. I was able to turn and roll (I'm a mover) without waking up. Hopefully by Saturday I'll be able to do the hike in the Poconos. And NOTHING will stop me from doing the type walk in Newark on Sunday.