Very-Mini Hike: Riverstone Bush Walk

On my Saturday morning walk around the neighbourhood I decided to go a different route than normal (I was getting a bit tired of the same old route) and discovered a little sign pointing to “The Riverstone Bush Walk”.  So I decided that would make a nice change.  And what a wonderful little walk it was!  It climbed up a gully along a stream, through native bush I didn’t even know was there.  I had seen the sign for the top entrance to this walk before, but it looked like it just went off into gorse bushes so it didn’t really excite me too much.  And the last bit was just through gorse, but the rest of it was quite pleasant, and nice to know that there is a little bit of nature so close to home.

The 12 km / day challenge has come to a mostly successful conclusion.  Except a bit of a fail on Saturday I did in excess of 12 km a day, and didn’t eat much more than 1000 calories most days.

• Monday – 13.6 km
• Tuesday – 13.4 km
• Wednesday – 14.3 km
• Thursday – 14.3 km
• Friday – 13.0 km
• Saturday – 5.0 km (lol)

All up it was a good week, having walked a total of 73.68 km, which is a new Jordan Week Record.  I lost about 4.1 kg in the week as well.  I have to say, it was an effort.  I feel pretty good for it, but it was difficult at times and I really had to make myself get out in the evenings to finish off the goal.

This week I am only going to try for 10 km a day.  I also want to go out swimming each evening during the work week because my holiday in Rarotonga is coming up in just 3 weeks now, and I want to get a bit of swim conditioning in so that I can enjoy the snorkelling and stuff while I am there.

I have brought my main back-pack to work and will be wearing it on my botanical gardens walks from now on.  I can carry more weight in it comfortably, and need to increase my conditioning in the load carrying area.  I am starting with 12 kg in the pack, and will increase each week.

So an update on the progress of The Plan™ at the end of Week 23; I have walked a total of 636.1 km over 146 hrs and 48 mins. Which is 117% of what I have set myself to-date.  I have also lost a total of 34 kg – 68% of my current weight loss goal.

Still so much to do!