Getting My Holiday Burn On! My Virtual Turkey Day Walk/Run 2012

Well, today I hit the road for a little workout before Thanksgiving dinner and I must say I did OK: total 4.4 mi: 1.26 mi walking and 3.25 mi 'running':

Walk - 22:43, pace 18:04, 254 cal
Splits
Mile 1 - 17:52 (pace 17:52)
Mile 1.26 - 22:43 (pace 18:54)

Run (slow jog/walk: 0.15 mi jog/0.10 mi walk) - 51:15, pace 16:15, 624 cal
Splits
Mile 1 - 16:21 (pace 16:21)
Mile 2 - 32:24 (pace 16:03)
Mile 3 - 48:48 (pace 16:24)
Mile 3.16 - 51:18 (pace 15:51)


This was part of my first run/walk for several of my holiday challenges.  I did several knee rehab exercises (stretching/strengthening) before going out to walk/run and I think that helped a lot.  Knees felt good surprisingly since this was my 1st real workout since finishing rehab last week.  I got a little winded at mile 2 of my 'run', but I kept going and got my 2nd wind.  Although my knees felt good, my back did bother me some, but I think that's was caused by all the hard work from the last 2 days I spent raking up and bagging up leaves on my front yard (LOL).

Don't have a heart monitor (last one broke and I haven't replaced it yet), so I had to rely on my smartphone GPS app - I'm certain the cal count is not accurate, but it does provide good feedback.

And all my hard work wasn't in vain - I kept the portions small and passed on dessert!!

I found a great cartoon on the Net that really sums it up for all us 'athletes' this Thanksgiving - :)

Hope everyone had a happy and safe Thanksgiving!