I've been waiting for the temps to reach near 60 to start my outdoor walking--I'm not a die-hard by any means!--and yesterday was the perfect day.

I might have been a bit ambitious, but I was feeling good.

I ended up doing 3.85 miles total, at an average of 4.5 mph (including warm-up and cooldown. 4.7 mph on my non-warm-up/cool-down laps). A good start, and better than my 4.2 mph average at the beginning of the season last year (AND it included some hills---well, as much of a 'hill' as it gets around here! I remember when those same hills brought me down to 3 mph, with just over 4 mph my best. This time around, I was able to take them at close to 4.4 mph and didn't have to slow down at the top).

I am paying a little for my gung-ho attitude today with some DDBDOMS (deep-down-booty DOMS) and sore shins, as well as some unpleasant underarm chaffing on the left side (I now know what top to NOT wear for my walks!).