A Larger Goal

My dearest friend and I have begun "reporting" to each other our progress with exercise and eating.  It's an excellent way to feel guilty for every not-so-good thing that crosses your lips.  But I love it.  So, I am going to share a few of my larger goals so that I will have that sense of accountability everytime someone asks me about them. 


My first goal is inspired by an aunt who did this in some form a few years ago.  Mind you, she did it on her exercise bike, but the concept is the same.  I am going to try and walk the Mormon Pioneer Trail.  Not really.  But I am making myself a map, and then I am tracking how many miles I walk and reading about the stops/events along the way.  The pioneer trek is 1300 miles.  So far, I have gone 10.  But that's a start.  What's the saying, "a journey of a thousand miles starts with one"?  Well, that's my first 20,000 steps.  Yay for me!  The site I am using for my info is found here:

http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm


My second goal, after doing all this walking, is to walk a half-marathon next spring with said dear friend.  What's better than walking and talking for 14 miles?  And believe me, I won't run out of things to say.  Hee hee.  We are debating a few options, including the Walk to End Women's Cancers, except that involves a lot of fund raising, so maybe just a half marathon to start.  Who know?  But I know we will do it.

There.  Now you can all ask me and keep me in line.  I can feel my guilt level increasing already!