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If you're a large woman in America, your whole life is an opportunity to feel self-conscious, embarrassed, resentful and way too big. You can hide in the corner or on the couch, you can go to therapy, or you can put on your lycra bike shorts and get out there and move.
—Jayne Williams, Slow Fat Triathlete

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April 11, 2005

A bit of a walk permalink

Map, from NE Portland to SW and back

So I did a bit of a walk yesterday, and I have a bit of a photoessay (53 photos!) to go with it.

It was really fun. Saturday was too. I just felt really free, like my body was really just flying, light, and my mind was full of excited, creative ideas. Not that I'm remembering a lot of them now, but I felt like some of my goals—non-athletic goals—were really achievable.

Once I got on Terwilliger, there were lots of runners and cyclists and walkers, and I felt great comraderie. And then, the section on Capitol Hwy and Barbur and Naito, I can't recommend to anyone—they're like a dead zone, nothing but cars racing like there's no tomorrow. There are bike lanes in parts, with no bicyclists, no wonder. No sort of divider between the car lanes and the bike lanes other than a line of paint, blackberries and other shrubs growing out into the road, no sidewalk, no room for a trail, even.

I felt really good until I got downtown, and it started to sprinkle. At that point, I had been out for 4 hours, and I decided that was plenty, and took the bus back home.

All in all, it was great. Though I think I have a bit of a fever, now. I can't seem to get warm.

Posted at April 11, 2005

Comments

Just a thought, YMMV - having chills after a long-long run is sometimes a sign of low blood sodium. Were you replenishing with enough salt/electrolytes or just drinking water?

Posted by: Nancy Toby at April 11, 2005 7:27 PM

enjoyed the photos, VJ.

Posted by: Chrissie at April 12, 2005 9:34 AM