I'm Walking!

I'm walkin, yes indeed and I'm talkin bout you and me
I'm hopin that you'll come back to me, uh uh
"I'm Walking" - Fats Domino

You can do the walk...everywhere you go
Do the walk
"The Walk" - Jimmy McCracken

It's ironic that even though two of my favorite songs above are all about walking (and I've been priviliged to see Jimmy McCracken and his large, amazing band do his twice), I don't walk that much.

I think that's because I'm so used to just getting in my car and going somewhere, even when it's within easy walking distance (though I do often park relatively far from stores to have a little walk inside).

Inspired by others who have posted on their blogs their plans to exercise and eat better (most recently Becker), I'm going to resolve to do more walking starting today, literally. Of course it doesn't hurt that my car is in the shop and I won't have it back till much later this afternoon.

Anyhow, having been dropped off at a destination today where I'll be for a few hours, I have a 2.6 mile journey home. I debated using the Light Rail, and if this was San Francisco I would take a taxi. However, San Jose doesn't have large hills like that, so I'm going to walk home.

I sincerely hope this will inspire me to walk more, and towards that end every Friday I'm going to give an exercise update so my blog readers can help me stay honest, and feel free to offer encouragement.

Yes those are my green sneakers, I love colorful shoes when I'm dressed casually, in high school I got the nickname Punky (from Punky Brewster) though I never dressed quite that mismatched.

I read online that this should take less than an hour, so I'll post my time when I get home.

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Updated:

My walk took 45 minutes and 29 seconds. Not bad considering I had to stop for traffic lights and some intersections that really should have had some. I walked down a street I don't normally drive for most of it to see and appreciate new things.

A lot of people smiled and said hi which I liked. Two unusual things I noticed were two brick chimneys partially built in a spiral pattern and a young man on a bike with a rake. Don't see those things everyday.