{"id":796013,"date":"2020-12-31T01:16:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T01:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=796013"},"modified":"2021-02-18T21:33:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T21:33:23","slug":"holiday-streak-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2020\/12\/31\/holiday-streak-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Streak 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The holiday season is a wonderful, magical time. It is also a time of good food; a constant temptation of too much food. To counter this, I create a challenge for myself to keep active and not gain weight, yet still enjoy what the season has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, I set a goal to brisk walk a 5K everyday from Thanksgiving to New Years. Some of the walks were in CA and some in OR. Some were solo, some were with run\/walk friends, and some were with my husband or my boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

37 days straight. The first 10 days in, my hips hurt. It felt like I had popped something out of joint on my left side. It did not let it deter me, but it did not make those initial walks any easier. I suspect that my body was so used to running, that shifting to the different gait of walking, and also the initial walks were on sand, made my body all confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything worked itself out and I was able to keep with it. The final few days were windy and rainy, but I had a good raincoat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pace improved. I feel stronger and look forward to keeping up with being active in 2021. I don’t have a scale in OR, but feel confident I did not gain weight. Might have lost a little. Definitely firmed up a bit. here’s a few collages from some of the walks…<\/p>\n\n\n\n