Freedom Realized

A couple of weeks back I wrote an article about physical freedom. In this I mentioned how important being physically mobile is. I noticed that I was out of shape which hindered my freedom. My lack of stamina in walking meant there were things that I could not do.

One of the activities was walking a trail at a local park in our area. This trail is 3 miles in length through preserved area. It really is a nice walk but one that does require a bit of stamina.

Since I wrote the article about the physical freedom, I have walked everyday (but one when I was physically ill fending off a cold). My efforts were concentrated upon building up my stamina by walking for between 40-60 minutes. I also was able to stretch the distance to 2.5 miles.

I am happy to report that I was able to walk the entire trail today without stopping. The 3 mile trek was complete in under 1.5 hours. While the weather was questionable early, it turned out to be a lovely day. While on the trail, another goal was set....to be able to do it twice. We decided that it would be nice to bring a lunch down there and perhaps walk the trail on each side of a meal. This makes for an inexpensive day which provides wonderful benefit.

By the way, the total cost today was a couple of gallons of gasoline. This is in keeping with my goal of having experiences without tremendous expense.