I took Friday through Monday off; we had my SIL's wedding and were extremely busy. I got lots of walking in, believe me!

Today I got back on the actual treadmill. I kept my speed at 1.8 but I increased my time to 24 min. I'm now starting my cooldown 1.5 minutes from the end instead of one, but am stepping it more conservatively--30 sec @ 1.5, 30 sec @ 1, 30 sec @ .5. I've kept my warm-up at 30 sec @ .5, 30 sec @ 1.

My ultimate goal is 30 min @ 1.8 with a 1 minute warm-up and 3 minute cooldown by the end of September (I'm being conservative here). After that I'll start ramping up the intensity but I'll keep it at 30 min. I'm still aiming for daily, settling for 5-6 days/week as good.

The view today was a blue sky striped liberally with white clouds and big green dots of trees. Little breeze once again, and very mild sub-70 temps. Strange, strange summer. The audio was Thom Hartmann's show.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor