Fall is here!!!

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We are getting some cooler weather!  Fall has definitely arrived.  We go to Boone this weekend for soccer and are looking forward to doing some leaf looking.

It occurred to me after my last post that I've been tracking my steps for a full year now as of the beginning of Sept.  My average step count for the last 3 months of 2016 was 12,920 and my average step count for this year so far is 16,094.  Overall I've walked 6,128,017 steps since Aug 27, 2016.  That equates to roughly 3,000 miles walked!!!  That is hiking from Murphy to Manteo the entire length of NC 6 times in one year.

I'm down 124 lbs overall as of this morning which is encouraging.  Weight loss has slowed the last few weeks.  I really struggled to get up an walk this morning, more than I have in a long time.  I was so tempted to just cut the alarm off and plan to get some steps later in the day.  I pushed through though and completed day 3 of week three in the 5k training app.  Hey its only been about 6 months since I downloaded the app so I'm right on track!!  

In all seriousness I didn't even try to run except a couple weeks in early April.  Now that it's cooled off I've started again a few days a week.  I picked up with week 2 and worked straight through both week 2 and 3, it's gone much better this time.  The extra 6 months of 9 round has helped I'm sure.  I'll start week 4 next time I run and see how it goes.

Next committed update 10/19.

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