Power Walking

 

The temperature was going to a high of 30 degrees C today so we wanted

to get an early start on our power walk through the trails by oiur condo

today. We had our orthodonics on, I my cardio socks, had taken our

morning pills, downed two cups of nutritional coffee.

We had our smart phones in our pockets to record each and every

precious step along the way, the holy grail was th mythical 10 000 steps

per day. A fictional number made up by some health guru in Japan for

marketing purposes but now a number we all believe in as if it were the

11th commandment, the one you actually follow.

The path was busy with bikes and other fitness want to be’s such as

ourselves. The birds were chirping, the suirrels jumping and the ducks

were active in the stream as we crossed the bridge rounded the curve into

the wounds. There we spotted another couple about 75 paces ahead.

They were sauntering and we were power walking.

Yet despite our best efforts we could not gain a single foot on their pace.

We could not close the gap. There was no gaining territory. Those two

were mocking us in their narcissistic sauntering passive aggressive way. I

widened my stride. I took deep breathes. I was determined to catch up to

them. They rounded a curve and were lost from sight.

We reached that same curve and there was a long straight away and they

were just gone. No one is that fast. I examined the alternatives. Is

anyone that slow? That was rhetorical, they must have taken a turn I had

not seen.

All I knew for sure is we were getting the superior cardiovasular work out

and the steps we needed and that’s all that mattered. We stopped for

water. I checked my smart phone for a sugar reading from my sensor

patched to my arm I was good to go. My battery in my pace maker was

only three months old so I was like the energizer bunny.

We drank some of our Perrier water and continued along the path