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Let’s Go Walking! Join me for a virtual walking support group

Posted by Becky, Volunteer Mentor @becsbuddy, Feb 19, 2020

Many of you living with cancer or an autoimmune disease, like me, deal with daily fatigue. You know that exercise is so important to your health, but it’s so hard. There’s always an excuse: it’s too cold or hot, it’s going to rain or it’s raining, or it’s snowy and icy, or I just don’t want to. I, too, have all these excuses, but I have a new rescue dog who wants to go out and who doesn’t care about my excuses! And I’ve got traction devices for my boots.Now I just need a walking group who will keep me accountable. People who say, ‘let’s go for a walk.'

And I thought: What about my virtual friends on MayoClinicConnect?

Mayo Clinic has an easy 12-week walking program to get us started! Here’s the link:
- Get walking with this 12-week walking schedule https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/get-walking-with-this-12-week-walking-schedule/

So let’s form a virtual walking group. We can agree to walk every day and encourage each other through Connect. We can walk outdoors, in a mall, or in the red center, or in the hallways of our apartment building.

Who’s in? Who’s going to join me?

Come on, Let’s Go Walking!

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wisco50 | @wisco50 | Dec 17, 2020

Jake, It’s all relative, right?! When I first moved to Wisconsin, I thought I might freeze to death. Now I’m one of those Wisconsin folk who think 60 in January is no jacket or maybe light jacket weather, though I am still wearing my SmartWool socks with sandals! <G> People still dine outside in the 50’s!

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Dec 17, 2020
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@becsbuddy I don’t see how you can walk outside cold weather Becky. Eat a cookie or..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@becsbuddy
I don’t see how you can walk outside cold weather Becky. Eat a cookie or two. Maybe digesting it will warm you up a degree or two. It's freezing cold here too currently 56° at least it’s cold for me. It’s supposed to get to 57° today, burrrr. I freeze in the winter and bake in the summer. I think I’ll wait to walk after it goes up another degree hopefully. Have you lived in that type of weather all your life? I have always lived in California.
Stay warm,
Jake

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Well, Jake, I had an hour long adventure in the nearby "woods" - nature area along our local lake with my 4 yo grand. It was 28f, but damp and breezy - by the last 5 min he was asking to go home in spite of an energy drink at the halfway mark - we were climbing over cut down brush, examining seeds, looking at the ice forming...

Smile for the day - he was examining something on the ground, and said "look I found more seeds!" I looked and it was deer scat, which I explained. Then of course he had to know why...We also found a beaver-felled tree and one well-drilled by large woodpeckers, leading to many discussions of what different animals eat.

When we got home, he was cold (so was I) and starving. Time to pull out the "puffy jackets" and hand warmer packets next week.

Sue

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Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | Dec 17, 2020
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@becsbuddy I don’t see how you can walk outside cold weather Becky. Eat a cookie or..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@becsbuddy
I don’t see how you can walk outside cold weather Becky. Eat a cookie or two. Maybe digesting it will warm you up a degree or two. It's freezing cold here too currently 56° at least it’s cold for me. It’s supposed to get to 57° today, burrrr. I freeze in the winter and bake in the summer. I think I’ll wait to walk after it goes up another degree hopefully. Have you lived in that type of weather all your life? I have always lived in California.
Stay warm,
Jake

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@jakedduck1 No, I haven’t always lived in cold climates, thank heavens!! We’ve lived in Germany (cold) and Asia (hot) and many places in the U.S. Colorado is cold but not as bad as the East Coast where it’s a damp cold. I love it here, but don’t like the cold. When I lived in Asia, we would shiver and pull out sweaters when it got to 75*! I was an army ‘dependent’ for 47 years and would go wherever ‘orders’ sent us, no questions asked. Though my dad put his foot down on taking 3 teenagers to the Republic of Congo! And I told my husband I wasn’t going to Alaska! Always exciting

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imallears | @imallears | Dec 18, 2020
In reply to @becsbuddy "@jakedduck1 No, I haven’t always lived in cold climates, thank heavens!! We’ve lived in Germany (cold)..." + (show)
@becsbuddy

@jakedduck1 No, I haven’t always lived in cold climates, thank heavens!! We’ve lived in Germany (cold) and Asia (hot) and many places in the U.S. Colorado is cold but not as bad as the East Coast where it’s a damp cold. I love it here, but don’t like the cold. When I lived in Asia, we would shiver and pull out sweaters when it got to 75*! I was an army ‘dependent’ for 47 years and would go wherever ‘orders’ sent us, no questions asked. Though my dad put his foot down on taking 3 teenagers to the Republic of Congo! And I told my husband I wasn’t going to Alaska! Always exciting

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@becsbuddy
Hi
Alaska is a place I always wanted to visit. A friend I worked with went every 2 years with family but only when it was springlike.
Well, here in balmy Florida I woke up to 38 degrees and frost on the grass. Not walking this morning because it is windy too. By the time it warms up to about 60 I’ll be in gym class. We are going back to the low 70s this weekend, then another dip and then back up to the low 70s for Christmas. I do love the change though and always have a jacket handy if going out at night.
I remember visiting Florida from NY and swimming in unheated pools in December while family who lived here were wearing sweaters. Now you couldn’t get me in our solar heated one. Yesterday I had 3 layers on when walking and saw no one out on my route.
I think we feel the cold more as we age too.

FL Mary....where it’s still sunny

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Dec 18, 2020
In reply to @imallears "@becsbuddy Hi Alaska is a place I always wanted to visit. A friend I worked with..." + (show)
@imallears

@becsbuddy
Hi
Alaska is a place I always wanted to visit. A friend I worked with went every 2 years with family but only when it was springlike.
Well, here in balmy Florida I woke up to 38 degrees and frost on the grass. Not walking this morning because it is windy too. By the time it warms up to about 60 I’ll be in gym class. We are going back to the low 70s this weekend, then another dip and then back up to the low 70s for Christmas. I do love the change though and always have a jacket handy if going out at night.
I remember visiting Florida from NY and swimming in unheated pools in December while family who lived here were wearing sweaters. Now you couldn’t get me in our solar heated one. Yesterday I had 3 layers on when walking and saw no one out on my route.
I think we feel the cold more as we age too.

FL Mary....where it’s still sunny

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@imallears
”I think we feel the cold more as we age too.”
If that's the case I must be as old as Methuselah.
I've only been to Sitka, AK but plan to return. The wildlife alone was well worth the trip.
Take care,
Jake

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MGMolly | @Erinmfs | Dec 19, 2020

It was nice and warm and sunny here yesterday afternoon. I took a walk in the sunshine, I'm not sure how far I went.

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MGMolly | @Erinmfs | Dec 19, 2020

Last time I was in the Rochester Subway, I was admiring the display of Allegria Shoes. I ordered them online, I found a pair of fun walking shoes that have an app on my smart phone, these Traq shoes count your steps as you walk. I have a new iPhone 12 for Christmas, and I just setup my walking shoes! Download the Traq app, and shake a shoe next to the phone, and there you have a talking smart shoe.

@jakedduck1 , please tryout these shoes, there are walking shoes for men and women! Maybe my shoe can call your shoe on the phone, send text messages?

I have a walk planned this morning, I'll give a report later today, I get lonely living alone in my house, and I talk to Siri, we have a nice relationship 🙂 https://traqshoes.com/

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mayofeb2020 | @mayofeb2020 | Dec 19, 2020
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@Erinmfs

Last time I was in the Rochester Subway, I was admiring the display of Allegria Shoes. I ordered them online, I found a pair of fun walking shoes that have an app on my smart phone, these Traq shoes count your steps as you walk. I have a new iPhone 12 for Christmas, and I just setup my walking shoes! Download the Traq app, and shake a shoe next to the phone, and there you have a talking smart shoe.

@jakedduck1 , please tryout these shoes, there are walking shoes for men and women! Maybe my shoe can call your shoe on the phone, send text messages?

I have a walk planned this morning, I'll give a report later today, I get lonely living alone in my house, and I talk to Siri, we have a nice relationship 🙂 https://traqshoes.com/

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@Erinmfs. I checked out the walking shoes. Alas, they don't carry wide width. I may give them a call. Sounds interesting. I have my fitbit with me when I walk, to compare with my Google fit. I have a Google home, and we have fun too! I love it when I don't know where my phone is and she finds it for me by calling me!

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Dec 19, 2020
In reply to @Erinmfs "Last time I was in the Rochester Subway, I was admiring the display of Allegria Shoes...." + (show)
@Erinmfs

Last time I was in the Rochester Subway, I was admiring the display of Allegria Shoes. I ordered them online, I found a pair of fun walking shoes that have an app on my smart phone, these Traq shoes count your steps as you walk. I have a new iPhone 12 for Christmas, and I just setup my walking shoes! Download the Traq app, and shake a shoe next to the phone, and there you have a talking smart shoe.

@jakedduck1 , please tryout these shoes, there are walking shoes for men and women! Maybe my shoe can call your shoe on the phone, send text messages?

I have a walk planned this morning, I'll give a report later today, I get lonely living alone in my house, and I talk to Siri, we have a nice relationship 🙂 https://traqshoes.com/

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Too much tech for me! I thought I was doing very well to pair my FitBit with my phone!
Sue

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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Dec 19, 2020
In reply to @sueinmn "Well, Jake, I had an hour long adventure in the nearby "woods" - nature area along..." + (show)
@sueinmn

Well, Jake, I had an hour long adventure in the nearby "woods" - nature area along our local lake with my 4 yo grand. It was 28f, but damp and breezy - by the last 5 min he was asking to go home in spite of an energy drink at the halfway mark - we were climbing over cut down brush, examining seeds, looking at the ice forming...

Smile for the day - he was examining something on the ground, and said "look I found more seeds!" I looked and it was deer scat, which I explained. Then of course he had to know why...We also found a beaver-felled tree and one well-drilled by large woodpeckers, leading to many discussions of what different animals eat.

When we got home, he was cold (so was I) and starving. Time to pull out the "puffy jackets" and hand warmer packets next week.

Sue

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I've been enjoying more than the 3 weekly walks because of some milder temps and no wind. But like @jakedduck1 and some of our other walkers, just the thought of temps below 60 make me shudder. And like @wisco50, while it is all relative, I, can remember all the outdoor activities we enjoyed in winter while living in Duluth so many years ago. Now, I am grateful to be living in an area where our weather never stays the same for long and we can experience all four seasons within one week. smiles

@sueinmn, your mention of the discovery of the beaver-felled tree reminded me of one of my most treasured nature "finds" of a small, white birch log gnawd at both ends at an isolated beaver dam in Canada. That traveled to many a TX ele. classroom for years afterwards and eventually was given to the first grandson. Now I wonder if it is still in the family.

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