Well, the second week of my 500 mile challenge is done. And I sucked it up. I let work, doctor/dentist visits, etc get in the way of my morning workout, and the only reason I was able to log 3 miles for this week is that the wife and I wandered around inside the mall today for an extended period of time. I walked a full 17 miles the first week, and only 3 the second.

But that’s ok. I did get out one morning for 2 miles. I worked til the wee hours of the morning on client deadlines several times this week. I cooked some new recipes this week. I finished two websites in addition to my daytime gig. In short, I accomplished quite a lot. And I can be proud of that. The most important thing to do now is to keep moving forward. I’m not disappointed in myself, well, only a little. I’m more motivated than ever. At the mall today I even planned ahead for the snow that’s sure to come (the first real snow of winter happened today, though it melted quickly) and bought a new pair of water-resistant shoes for walking in the snow. I didn’t want to spend the money but I know myself and once the snow comes, I’ll go out once in my old sneakers, get them drenched, and never do it again until spring comes. This way, even if the newfangled shoes get wet, I still have dry ones for the workday.

I got this. Only 480 or so miles to go. Fun fact – 500 miles is more than enough to get to Vegas from here, and is also 2% of the earth’s circumference. I like figuring out distances (especially car odometer mileages) in units of the earth’s circumference.