a new toy

I celebrated my 70th birthday last week and I received a nifty new toy! I have begun walking more intentionally either at the high school track or around the streets of York.  To help me keep track of my progress I now am the proud owned of a Garmin Forerunner monitor,  It looks like a watch, but it has GPS capability and uses it to track my speed, location, elevation. In addition I am able to keep track of my heart rate as I walk. Last Friday I decided to test it, so I walked from home to church.3.54 miles in 1 hour and 6 minutes. I then walked to the hospital for lunch, another .82 miles, then back home which was 2.65 miles, for a total walk of 7 miles. I burned 922 calories during the walk.  When I got home I connected the monitor to my computer and uploaded all the date.  From it I can follow my route and see exactly where along the route my heart was beating the slowest and fastest.

I did have a big tumble along the way and by the time I got home, my right knee was quite sore and stiff.  It has continued to swell during the weekend so I am calling my Ortho doc tomorrow morning. More Later, it's been a very busy day with Church and co-hosting a Foyer Group here tonight where I made Cincinnati Chili.