Anne Keenan

Taking it slow but steady today so that I don’t cause any more damage to myself. Even brought the dog as my pacer to slow me down but she went faster than I was able to 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 Still on target to achieve my step goal. 

Day 20; 8.18kms, 10,700 steps

I titled this post giving up on technology but I think it would be more accurate to say technology has given up on me!!! Take a look at the stats above, day 19 was tracked by my Apple Watch & day 20 was tracked by my iPhone using Map My Walk… I rest my case. Won’t even go into how I accidentally paused the app on my iPhone for approximately 20 mins & had to walk an extra 2 kilometres so that the app tracked the 10,000 steps 🤦🏼‍♀️

Upside…I got it done 🎉🎉🎉

Messy day for walking. A light mist is always welcome but today couldn’t make up its mind. Yesterday I saw a hawk & butterflies dancing in the sun - today there wasn’t so much as a snail out 🤣

Beautiful sunny day to take a walk! I struggled to get started & into my stride but then friends & family started calling me to catch up and I was suddenly into my last 2kms. Definitely helps to have the chats 🤣

Day 15; 8.82kms, 11,100 steps in 87 mins

Day 14 - The weather was about as chaotic on Sunday as my walk was. I’ve discovered that I struggle with consistency over the weekend 🤯

Day 15 - back on track TG 💪🏻 had beautiful sunshine followed by rain but nothing compared to yesterday. So got soaked, dried out, soaked & finished up dry at the end of my walk 🎉🎉

Halfway through 🎉🎉

Technology is not my friend, at this point it’s barely even an acquaintance 🤷🏼‍♀️ I use a very popular app to track my activity but something very weird has been happening for the past couple of days. According to the app my time & distance in kilometres is roughly the same & always above 8kms but the steps have been recording as wildly different. Now I haven’t suddenly had a growth spurt where my legs have gotten significantly longer resulting in my having to take less steps to cover the same distance so I’m not sure what’s going on 🤯 If anyone has any insight into why this is happening I’d love to hear it. 

Thankfully I’ve also been tracking my steps on my watch at the start & finish of my walk and that’s been able to give me a more accurate step count. 

8.58kms, 10,600 steps in 82 mins

Set out on my walk today with cloudy skies and heavy feet, as the walk progressed the sun started shining 🌞, my pace got faster & my steps started to climb 🎉 By the final 2kms, the clouds had gotten darker, the heavens opened and I thought I’d never get back to the car 🤣🤣 Steps completed by one very wet walker 💪🏻 🌧️ 

I screwed up the tech again today 🤦🏼‍♀️

I went a different route today but my Bluetooth headphones kept cutting out because my hood was up as I tried to stay somewhat dry…futile effort…When I finally got my headphones working again I didn’t realise that I’d turned off my tracker, didn’t figure that out until I had already walked for 30mins 🤯, no record of my time, distance or steps 🤬 Had to start from scratch. 

On the plus side, my overall steps for the day hit over 18.5k 🎉🎉 

When is the patron saint of the internet due to be canonised? I desperately need him looking out for me 🤣🤣

The technology worked 🎉🎉🎉 or rather…I used the technology correctly & it worked…weird how that happens 🤣🤣🤣

Also learned that I need to build my schedule around my commitment to the 10,000steps a day challenge by making it a priority focus rather than just something I fit in along the way…mindset change 👍🏻

Had to split my steps up on Sunday due to travel & family commitments -technology was not my friend in this endeavour…imagine 🤣

Not as many hills today so went a little faster & covered a higher distance but technology got the better of me 😵‍💫 somehow managed to switch off my tracker on the return stretch of my walk & when I turned it back on I’d lost some of my data, luckily my walk was also being tracked by my watch 🤦🏼‍♀️ 

I also just reviewed my previous posts & realised that the summary the Irish Heart Foundation tracker is giving is measuring distance in kilometres and not miles!! I’ll change my tracker tomorrow so that my progress against my goal starts to make sense 👍🏻🤣

4.82 miles, 10,500 steps in 82 mins

Had to remind myself this morning as I struggled to get out on my walk that I only need to take the first step and that I owe it, not only to my commitment to @irishheartfoundation but more importantly, to my commitment to myself 💪🏻