The Long Walk

I have completed 11.5 miles on my treadmill walking journey. Woo hoo...I think I may actually map this out to see how far I will walk. Let me think on it.

I didn't think I would enjoy the walking treadmill, but I actually do....it's getting easier for one thing, and I like listening to my tunes. Sundays are a good day to go cause like I said before, it's less crowded and I don't have the Joey factor....this also lets my husband see that I am working out.

I had my 3rd session with the trainer today....my arms are sore...my chest is sore....but I am doing it. I always feel good after a workout (if not tired)...but I am sore...I do not know how those people do it on shows like the Biggest Loser...I'm only doing an hour....they go for 4 and 5 hours.

Just FYI, one of the contestants, David from Tennessee, is posting a blog that he'd written while at the Biggest Loser Campus. He posts them weekly and it's great insight into what they're going thru. He's very nice and even took time to answer a question from me...I wanted to know what they all had on their arms...it's a body bugg....measures calories lost.

Everytime I get on the treadmill, I always think of the Stephen King story, "The Long Walk". And I'll tell you why. The story is about a national contest for boys that involves walking. As the story goes on, you learn the following:

• The winner is set for life.
• The boys have to walk at a pace of 4 miles per hour or they get a warning.
• After 3 warnings they get eliminated. Permanently. As in shot by soldiers. Dead.
• Last one standing is the winner. They walk until there's only one left, no breaks whatsoever....
  

So, back to me and the treadmill....I don't know how long I could walk, cause I usually do about an hour....but 4 miles an hour is very fast for me....I usually go between 3.3 - 4.5 intermittently, to get my heartrate up and down. So, I always wonder, how SK picked out 4 mph for the speed? Did he pace it out himself? Did he pick it willy nilly? I don't know....but it haunts me.