Walk Around the Pool

This could be a huge game changer. We had a sun break earlier, so I went outside to take in some sunshine. I decided to walk around the pool we have in our backyard. Now, it needs to be noted, that our pool is full of...GRAVEL. It isn't anything fancy, but the pool deck IS similar to a sidewalk!

I measured around the pool using MapMyWalk.com (I don't have access to those cool apps that do it for you) and the distance is about .03 miles. That means if I walk around 34 times, that would be one mile. This seems completely wacky, but I just might do it. If I got a manual hand counter (again, some apps might be useful here), I could just click each time I went around (there's a spot I pass over that would make this really simple).

If I went around 17 times, that would be a half mile. That seems so doable...I could do this any time, day or night, light or dark, and as long as it isn't icy, in pretty much any weather without much concern. I could probably rig some kind of shoe cover so my feet don't get wet through the mesh on my shoes which would allow me to walk in the rain.

Hmmmmmmm, I don't know if it would be too boring, but we have beautiful views of pasture (and my future veggie garden) from the pool area. Might be worth a try! The fresh air would do me good! When I rode the Razor scooter around, I did notice that there's a slight slope toward the east, that means that I'm walking UP one side and DOWN on the other, which as slight as it may be, gives me an incline one way!

I went around maybe six times and it really felt GOOD! Hmmmmmm...

UPDATE 02/26/2014: I decided to remeasure the pool with a tape measure. After all the math, it turns out that I need to walk 41 times around for one mile, I can round that to 40. Today (after walking one mile on the treadmill) I walked around ten times, that's 1/4 mile. Awesome.