500 Mile Journey

500 Mile  Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!   I've been working on designing  Walking Journey T-Shirts We are not one but many out walking the world.  Right now I just have women T-Shirts,  but soon I will have men's too.  Designer Walking T-Shirts with positive walking quotes.   https://www.zazzle.com/collections/walking_journey_t_shirts-119561391246098934 Kerry and I prefer the long sleeve shirt to protect us from the sun's strong rays.  I also have a collection of sun glasses with encouragement and power words on them.  https://www.zazzle.com/collections/sunglasses-119682961439147926 Right Now they are on sale!! Let's Get Walking! Kerry and Jean 

500 Mile  Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!   Here is the last of our scouting pictures.  Dirt roads of Nevada ..... If your not familiar with open lands then seeing cattle on the road may surprise you.  We passed this guy shading himself from the over 90 degree weather we are having.   After the thunderstorms you will find washed out roads, go slow some can be pretty deep.     What is the arrow pointing to?  Let me tell you a little story of how I got to go to The  Mall of America in Minnesota.  Kerry and I were camping in the hills. We started out on a  "little walk" after breakfast.  He kept hiking and I kept following......before we knew it we were mostly up this mountain, in the clouds, walking on shale rock.  I was exhausted and needed to take a break, but Kerry kept going, he left me sitting on the ground resting. He came back to say, "Your almost t...

500 Mile  Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  Progress Report Week 9 It's been another busy week for us.  On our travels we went to Soldier Creek, Nv to get out of the heat.  This is a very pretty road, but beware it is only a one lane dirt road with not many places to turn around.  We figured we would walk along side the road and park the near the creek to rest and put our feet in the water.  The trails are a bit too step for me yet.  Here is a little video of our ride on Soldier Creek road and you will see how tight the road is.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia-Ai9rVar4 Progress Report  Miles walked: 90.4 Kayaking miles : 5.3 Total miles :  95.7 Miles to complete our 500 miles goal:  404.3 Since this summer has been so hot for us, we added kayaking to our miles, and will add cross country skiing in the winter. We thought we should c...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  It's summertime and we had to adjust our  activities .  Let's get kayaking!!! We made a decision. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8DAWhnTvg4 our new kayaks  I checked my "Map My Walk" and guess what?  It will record how far we paddle in the water!! We have been kayaking every evening since we bought our kayaks.  It's a whole different exercise for the body and I have to say I'm a bit sore, in a good way of course.  Plus, just for my own curiosity I recorded us walking around Walmart! It's a Super Walmart and it's big from one end to the other. Well to my surprise we walked over a mile just shopping. .......I haven't sold Kerry on the idea that miles we walk together should count even if it's in a store.   But it certainly beats walking in 100 degrees.  Be Inspired, Be Safe and  Let's Get Walking, ...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  We're back to walking today!! Finally the temperatures came down  into the  60's this morning.  It's was great to have a few days of rest.  But it felt even better to get walking again.  This morning when we saw that the temps were going to be lower   before 7 a.m.  we both quickly put our walking shoes on and jumped at the chance to walk.  I've been asked how do we know how many miles we walk each day? It's been made pretty easy to figure out with cell phones and GPS's.  I use a app on my phone called   Map My Walk. It can  literally map out the route we take. It records the miles we walk, duration, avg pace min per miles, calories and steps, along with elevation.  It will analyze your work out for you.  I save them and then at the end of the week it will total our miles.  We hav...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  Kerry and Jean those crazy walkers Red Flag Day!! Today was suppose to be a walking day. But instead Kerry is home with sore feet and back.  Some days are like that for us.  It's ok because we understand that the body sometimes needs rest.  This brings me to today's topic. How do you know when you have over done your routine and when is it time to take a break.?  Listen to your body.  If something is hurting more then just being sore, rest.  If is doesn't get better see your doctor.  Years ago I got plantar fasciitis , one of the most painful injuries I've had.  I had it in both feet and had to stay off them for a whole season of 5K's . There are many remedies to help with this conditional but mostly it just takes time. I will leave a link about  plantar fasciitis, it if you need this information .  Start her...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  Progress Report Week 7 It has been so hot here with lots of fires to the West and East of us. The air has been hot and heavy with smoke. We went up to Twin Falls thinking  we would do some hiking by the canyon ridge, but it was 100 degrees there too! We have not walked much since 4th of July. We did celebrate our 75 miles walking doing the Freedom Run 5K . Freedom Run 5K https://500mileswalkingjourney.blogspot.com/2017/07/500-mile-walking-journey-with-kerry-and.html  Here are some of the fireworks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeruOV9pM2U Progress Report: Miles Walked: 80.5 Miles to reach 500 goal: 419.5 Getting closer each week, our next milestone is at 100 miles  It's especially important to drink lots of water when your walking in this summer heat.  Tip, you can freeze one of your water bottles the night before, it will defro...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Happy 4th of July We hope you enjoyed the 4th with your  family and friends.  Jean and Kerry ready to do the  Freedom Run 5K  We made it to our 75 miles milestone  doing the 5K walk at the Spring Creek Marina  on 4th of July morning.  What a wonderful morning here in Nevada.  We registered, put our numbers on, and watched the flag ceremony  before the race began at 7:30. Flag ceremony video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKW6iXHrjs Registration line, and thank you to the  Ruby Mountain Relay for puting on the 5K race. The Relay for Life , for the pancake breakfast.. "Walking is man's best medicine."  Hippocrates Join us for the 5K races and our 500 Miles Walking Journey 5K video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q87XUY00OZ4 What a surprise to receive awards for our time on this race.  This was o...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  "All truly great thoughts are  conceived  by walking." Fredrick  Nutzsche What a week we have had! While Kerry and I walk, we talk! It's a great way of sharing our thoughts and bouncing of new ideas off each other.   We are so very close again to our next milestone of 75 miles.  Soooo, we're planning something really cool for next weeks celebration.  This week we kept close to home with our usual walk around the marina. Occasionally, we get lucky and see a big bird fly by, like when we caught the pelican taking off.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fmYsznrt8M&t=9s  Spring Creek Marina is getting ready for their 4th of July celebration. They're offering a Freedom 5K walk early in the morning on the 4th with a pancake breakfast. Of Course Kerry and I signed up! We will be walking over to the Marina before the race and hanging arou...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  Progress Report Time It's Sunday Morning.  It's official  Summer's here.  Today we walked up to our little market and got coffee and donuts.  We're trying to see if we can add miles by going to different places each day, just to mixed it up a bit.  However, we are finding that the most fun and interesting daily walk is around the  Spring Creek Marina with the birds migrating.  If you are just joining us this week,  we have just completed our second milestone of walking 50 Miles.  Here is our celebration. https://500mileswalkingjourney.blogspot.com/2017/06/500-mile-walking-journey-50-mile.html We celebrated with our daughter, Sarah and our grandson James for a hike and picnic in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada.  Now that we are retired, and have all the time in the world, we thought we would walk, hike, and spe...