The walk of death

I think I'm starting to get the hang of this walking thing. It was raining quite heavily for the last hour or so of today's walk, but did I care? No, because I had on my "ocean" Kathmandu Gore-Tex jacket and navy blue Team Stolite rain trousers, and because unlike last week, I wasn't tired and didn't have aching legs. OK, so the legs were a bit sore for the last couple of kilometers, but it was nothing like last Saturday, when I hit the wall at about the 20km mark.

I'm not sure why I felt so much better today. Maybe it's because I was a bit more careful about what I ate. For a start, I had peanut butter on my toast this morning instead of the usual Vegemite. I also took along a packet of "trail mix" (a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruit, and chocolate), which I nibbled on throughout the day. I didn't have much for lunch - just a muffin and a cup of coffee - but the trail mix kept me going. Then again, maybe it wasn't the food; maybe all the training is finally paying off.

Death seemed to be a recurring theme throughout today's walk. Heading into town I discovered a new walkway that eventually led me into the Addington Cemetery. (I enjoyed it so much I took the same route coming home.) Later, while walking along the Avon River, I passed the Barbadoes Street Cemetery, one of the city's oldest. Later still, I passed through Bromley, which seems to be full of cemeteries, crematoriums, and memorial gardens.

The only sour note of the day was struck when I got home and found that my socks and feet were a bit damp. (Also the pockets in my jacket aren't waterproof, but I knew that and so I've only got myself to blame for the fact that my cell phone got wet.) But the shoes are a bit of a worry. I'm wondering if I should I shell out $300 for a pair of those waterproof Rockports I tried on a couple of weeks ago. They were pretty comfortable.

Distance walked today: 34.8km
Total distance walked since blog began: 404.9km
Days left until launch of Kisokaido Project: 78