I walked in the morning or early afternoon Monday through Thursday. I am a fan. Walking in the morning may become part of my new routine. First, the gnats weren’t as thick. It wasn’t as hot, naturally, and I had more energy. I walked longer and at the end of the day, with my walk already done hours beforehand, my evenings seems to lay before me like a cat stretching. I didn’t feel as rushed and surprised by bedtime as I do normally. My shadow was thinner. I’ll take any psychological books I can, thank you. (That’s the shape of my legs in that picture, but not their size.) I would love to experiment with morning walks before school (5:30-6:00am or so) and see how I do.
The one negative was the rush to work and school traffic. Gone are the quiet, peaceful walks. I had to be more vigilant about my surroundings and take greater care when crossing the street or turning the corner. Twice a car startled me when it appeared to come out of nowhere. I can’t blast my music like I, but I suppose that’s good for my ears!
What a year of revelations. Not only do I understand why people work out regularly, now I understand why they wake up early to do so.
Song of the Week
Peace Train | Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam)
Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam – Peace Train LIVE from Ramzii on Vimeo.
I love getting out for walks in the early morning (though for me, early morning is closer to 8am than 5am). It’s usually very quiet where I go, and the morning dew is definitely not to be missed. The cooler temperature is a plus, too – especially since it’s still getting up into the 80s here in Ohio. In late September! It’s not right! :-)
Anyhoo, I’ll stop before I rant too much about the weather here and head to work.
Have a great Monday!
Say, nice legs! :)
I’m having to find another time to walk now that it’s dark in the mornings (living in ‘the ghetto’ as I do, walking about in the dark is ill advised). This is where I tend to fail miserably . . . it’s much too easy to crowd out my walking if I plan to go later in the day.
That’s a pair of great looking legs in the fifth picture. Exercise is good for the body and the mind. I’m always so much calmer after my runs. It’s when my brain does it’s “sorting and filing”.
I have not listened to that song in a long time and it made me so happy – thank you!!
I second this sentiment!
This song came on when I was walking and it was glorious. I was so, so happy.
That band was tight, no production there, Cat Stevens just sounds so clear and just exactly like the recorded version. Such a good happy tune.
Love the juxtaposition of your lovely shadowy legs with the skeletal ones below.
Can you believe there are (basically) only 13weeks left to this year? Crazy.
Solid, right? Fantastic live performance. No twerking, no crazy outfits, just good solid production. All about the music right there.
The juxtaposition was unintentional, but that’s for pointing it out. Funny how that worked out!
Good for you! I cannot work out in the morning…it actually leaves me more groggy and flustered. I like my after-work runs…clears my head of everything that has happened at work that day and puts me back in balance for the evening ahead. Keep up the great work…I so enjoy following you on this journey and it has provided me inspiration to get out there when I don’t feel like it…knowing you are out there every day no matter what.
I love my early morning walks! My hubby and I get up at 5:30 every morning and walk 2 miles. Our mornings are getting cooler (right now around 47) and we’ll walk until it starts snowing. After the snow flies, I’m down to the basement “gym” by myself and he gets an extra hour of sleep. Ha!
I hear you about the morning workouts. I’m seriously not a morning person…painfully so. HOWEVER, I am on week 8 of running before 6:15 am twice per week. Once a week I meet my crazy friends for an insane run at 4:30 AM. Never would have dreamed that I’d love it, but boy do I! I feel like a million bucks on my early run days. Who knew?! I just tagged some of our Instagrams with #365body. Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful!!