Xercise365

This morning, I took a walk with my son. Actually, he was on a scooter and I was walking. I LOVED watching him fly down a hill and imagined the grin on his face while he felt the wind in his face. I had wanted to take my gravity board (a very long skateboard) with us but alas I have over done it on the bike recently and my side is a bit sore from my gall bladder surgery.

My friend Laurie posed a question on her X-blog about exercise and keeping at it. Here’s what I put on her blog:

That’s been my x-plan lately. I am just a walking fool (kind of have to walk, doctors orders after recent gall bladder removal surgery). Monday I walked. Don’t remember where but I walked. Tuesday I walked around Maryville College. Wednesday, I walked up a mountain behind the Claremont Resort and Spa where I stayed during a business trip to speak at a conference. As I walked up the mountain, I watched an amazing sunset over the city of San Francisco.  Ditto Thursday - another walk up the mountain but this time with more clouds. Friday am, I had an early walk down the shopping district of Berkley before flying home. Saturday I hiked part of Bote Mountain trail with some friends. It was absolutely beautiful. This morning, I walked to church with my kids (read my other blog about it to as part of a campaign I’d like to start called Silence on Sunday’s). All this blogging and I am going to need some new fingers. All this walking, I am going to need some new shoes!

Saturday was quite the exercise day. My friend Eric (who can fix anything) agreed to help tune the boat while my son and I helped him at his house. My son mowed his yard while we worked on the boat. Then we worked around his house cleaning up from a recent remodel on his home (I could have stopped there and had plenty of exercise for the day). About 5:30, we headed down to the lake with his son. Then the four of us headed out on the boat swiming and skiing until the sun set. It was a beautiful evening. Eric said it was almost surreal being out in the boat with the sky putting on a show of brilliant colors. I got lots of exercise Saturday…not only exercising my body but also my mind and spirit. My son said it was one of his favorite days ever. Indeed, it was a day to remember. So much so that I repeated the day with my family on Sunday. Almost a carbon copy. I LOVE summer!

Last Sunday, I wrote about riding with my son early in the morning. One of the reasons we did that was to prepare for a 51 mile bike ride today on the Virginia Creeper Trail. It was incredible! A beautiful clear and crisp day with low humidity and I am so proud of my son who with very little training rode a mountain bike a LONG way. I’ll likely write more about this and post a picture. I just wanted to reassure the one person who is following this that I am still committed to my X-plan. I swam laps Thursday and had hoped to do a short ride last night in Damascus but had to settle for a push-up and sit-up workout.  I ate enough over the weekend that everything problem just balanced out.