Another week of daily walks during this month of The Great Walking Experiment. I will say that this second we, it was a bit harder to keep up with my walks. I have been trying to focus on my running and find that I don’t have the time to walk. Isn’t that weird to think about? I don’t have time to walk. So I have actually been trying to build in my walks to my errands to make sure that they happen. San Francisco is small enough that I can get in a good walk while also doing my errands. No car required!

Day 6 - April 7, 2008

This was a treadmill day. No walking outside besides to and from class.

Day 7 - April 8, 2008

Today was a walk around Union Square. It was a pretty simple walk that was flat for the most part. It is all around the shops and some tourist areas. You can check this walk out on Gmaps. Only 2.6 miles, but almost a good hour of outside walking time.

Later in the evening I took a quick walk around Inner Richmond. I had gone to the area with my friend, Adam, for dinner. Then we headed over to Trader Joe’s for some tasty dark chocolate. And instead of waiting for the bus on the corner, we walked down a couple more blocks to catch a different bus. It added over an extra half a mile to my daily walking.

Day 8 - April 9, 2008

Treadmill - BORING!

Day 9 - April 10, 2008

I was up very early to take my friend, Kate, to the airport. So after coming home for a nap, I headed over to Cafe Triste for an Cafe Latte. Cafe Triste is supposedly the first espresso cafe in all of the West Coast. I will tell you that it puts out a pretty mean Cafe Latte. I also walked through Chinatown and got a Black Bean Cake, which was also pretty tasty indeed. Over all, a long and leisure 3.1 mile walk.

During the afternoon, I took another quick walk up the street to Zuni for lunch with my friend, Jennifer. An extra 1.5 miles for the day.

Day 10 - April 11, 2008

Here is an example of fitting walking into my schedule. I had an early dentist appointment, so it lead to another walk around Union Square. Plus a little shopping. I don’t include the walks around the shops in my mileage for the day. I still made a 1.85 mile walk out of it.

Day 11 - April 12, 2008

Oh no! Another day on the Treadmill.

Day 12 - April 13, 2008

After my long run of 6 miles I took a late walk to Whole Foods for some weekend grocery shopping. Got all the fixin’s for miso soup and a roasted squash and apple casserole. Yummy! Almost 2.4 miles to get to the store and back at about 50 minutes (not including shopping time. A big hill going there too.

Day 13 - April 14, 2008

This was a really, really late walk. It was so late that I ended up taking the Muni back home. Yeah, the neighborhood gets a bit scary at night. It is usually when the young men come out to holler at the girls. I did get yelled at and called some pretty foul names for not saying ‘Hi’ back to a guy. Ugh! So I got my 30 minutes in and then hopped the Muni back!