Last day of walking!

July 2, 2010

I’m about to head out for my last full day of walking. Shortly before I get to my house tonight I will hit 400 miles! So it took a little longer then I had hoped, that is ok. I’m glad I’m going to complete all the miles.

I’m really glad that mother nature has cooperated with me and kept the worst of the summer heat away. Growing up in LA I have clear memories of 90+ degree days in April, May and June. The fact that it has been in the 70′s for the majority of my walks, with occasional trips to the low 80′s has been utterly amazing. I run warm and sweat easily as it is. Really hot days would have made this so much more difficult. Surprisingly June Gloom seemed to have disappeared with June exactly this year. Not sure I’ve ever seen that happen. So today will probably be my warmest walk.

A couple cool things have happened recently. First, one of my co-workers has said he was inspired by me and has started walking to work occasionally as well. He has 3 flat miles, so I’m rather jealous, but I think it’s amazing that I’ve helped inspire someone else to walk!

The other amazing thing is that Sanuk (they of my favorite walking not shoes) have posted an article about me on their blog! It’s officially my first article about me! Hee. I found the article highly entertaining, so please check it out.

The last bit of news I have for you all today, is that I will be hosting walking tours around LA. Many people said I should plan walks around LA for others to join. It was a great idea but I had no energy or time to do that while I was in the midst of my own walk. But now I do! So I’m going to do 1 or 2 a month for the summer. Probably mostly closer to the beach since it will get HOT soon. But I’m taking requests for places or types of things people would like to see. I’ll do some research and try to find interesting and different walks. Check back here for updates.

With that I will leave you with a few more pictures from Catalina, this time all from land.