Hello Barefooters,
Well we jumped right from Winter into Summer apparently...Here in Indiana they said it was the coldest April on record and now we are possibly headed for the hottest May, although with the remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto blowing through yesterday we may not break the record.
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| El Paso Texas Run |
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| Melaka Malaysia Run |
Regardless, I have been getting in some very good long runs as of late and I'm continuing to chip away at the perennial deficit in mileage after the slow winter start. It has been a busy month travel-wise as well, since I've had two business trip in the month of May. I started off the month in Texas, Mexico and Colorado for a 3-day supplier visit. And spent the middle week of the month in Asia (Singapore and Malaysia) on a customer audit of our packaging facility. I ate some really good food on this trip and got to run in a couple of my favorite spots (Singapore River Walk and the Historic Downtown Melaka Area) in the 80+ degree temperatures. Of course all my runs were early morning with the headlamp but since I had run here a few times before, I knew the good routes and was able to keep up some relatively high mileage.
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| "The Path" - 1Km Fitness and Prayer Walk at Christ UMC Westfield |
Since my co-workers and I started the "Fitness Challenge" at work, I've been trying to get about 10 miles per day in. This week may be the first time I actually do it, now that we are almost six weeks into the challenge! I've also been getting some walking (hiking) miles in regularly, although in shoes, by putting in 3 prayer walk loops on "The Path" each week at Christ UMC Westfield. I've now put in 45 loops which is 45 Km, more than a full marathon, since I felt God calling me to "The Path" back in late February. The Boy Scouts and now even the Girl Scouts are involved in this cool project which should begin to pick up steam since better weather has finally arrived. We have a committed team of church members (trail builders) who are joining with the Scouts to see this vision through to completion. May God continue to bless "The Path" and Christ UMC Westfield though this activity.
Enjoy Your Summer Barefooters!
Barefoot Dan
(May Mileage = 244.08 Miles)
