Since the beginning of the year as part of my diet I've made it a priority do extra walking everyday. It's become a sort of an addiction. If I don't get my walking in it adds to my normal level of irritability. Yeah, I'm irritable at least a couple times a day, if you're not maybe you should be. People who seem constantly happy make me irritable. The goal is 10,000 steps a day - I have a pedometer which I keep in my pocket all day. It's a nice device, keeps track of steps, distance, calories burned and keeps the time of day. I use it as my regular watch. When at work I walk at lunch time, at home I just pick a convenient time and go. I'll walk about 3 miles (±6,400 steps) always the same route at home. In town though I have three basic routes which I alternate through. The Western Promenade, the Eastern Promenade and down and around the Portland campus of USM. Now that I have a camera phone I occasionally snap a couple of pictures here and there.
Here is the shore at the East End, behind me is a beach, ahead of me the rocks increase in size so you need to walk carefully but I like it a lot. There is a trail up along here to the right which is where I usually walk but sometimes when the tide is out I'll walk the rocks. The trail takes me to the marina area and then the Portland waterfront. This is my favorite walk.
A year or so ago the YWCA went out of business, this is what's left. They'll probably put up another condo building. Lots of them being built around here.
As I head for the West Prom yesterday this was the view as I proceeded along Deering Avenue. Sunny and cool.
I have a couple of variations of where I walk, there's always something interesting to see and I haven't been bored yet which I'm sure contributes to my motivation to go for walk whenever I can.
Here is the shore at the East End, behind me is a beach, ahead of me the rocks increase in size so you need to walk carefully but I like it a lot. There is a trail up along here to the right which is where I usually walk but sometimes when the tide is out I'll walk the rocks. The trail takes me to the marina area and then the Portland waterfront. This is my favorite walk.
A year or so ago the YWCA went out of business, this is what's left. They'll probably put up another condo building. Lots of them being built around here.
As I head for the West Prom yesterday this was the view as I proceeded along Deering Avenue. Sunny and cool.
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