April 22

Nice windy spring day today. I was energized and went for a fast-paced walk. I talked to my friend Jim on the phone while I walked which passed the time quickly.

April 20

Since I walked so much the day before, I wasn't sure if I was going to go walking the next day or not. But my legs weren't sore and it was nice out.




Loren and Lilly.


My phone app hasn't been working so well.

April 19

I went on a second walk when I got home in the evening after my "long walk" during the day. My mom wanted to walk so my sister and I went with her. I walked about 7 miles yesterday. My legs were so sore last night! They feel fine today, but I really do need to work more towards at least one long distance walk a week.

April 19

Yesterday I went to the "fancy mall" in Huntsville. Nice change of scenery. I had some time to waste before I picked up my dad from work, so I decided to walk. I planned ahead enough to bring my walking clothes, but not enough to bring my pedometer. Luckily I have that awesome new app on my phone. But like I said, it's not the most accurate. as you can see the route has me walking across the lake and on the highway. There is a 3/4 mile walking trail around the lake and I walked it 6 times and then some. The app says I walked 6.28 miles but I think its closer to 5.25. It was around 83 degrees yesterday. No one else was out walking but people were strolling and shopping.


My route, supposedly.


The Westin. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell own a condo here.


Ducks.




In the summer they have gondola rides.

April 18

Action shot.




I downloaded an app this weekend that uses GPS to track your route/distance/elevation/supposedly calories burned. I'm very interested in and excited by this discovery, but sometimes the GPS is spotty. Since the accuracy will always be at question, I'll probably just use both devices and compare. I wish I could upload the app's results to my blog. There is a feature for facebook, but I like having a separate site just for my walks. Maybe I'll take a picture of the route on my phone and just post that.

April 16

Midday walk by myself.

Some Numbers

I'm proud to say that Team Chris has raised over $10,900 as of today! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated! Anthony joined yesterday, and he is already more than 3/4 of the way to reaching the $1000 minimum....in fact his amount went up in the time I was writing this post.

I tallied up all of my pedometer distances since my first post on February 8.
February- 31.7 miles
March- 32.8 miles
April- 25.45 miles so far
For a total of 89.95 miles!!

If you come across this blog, and haven't seen our Donation page for Suicide Prevention check out these links:
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