Monday, November 21, 2011

Day 21: Round the bays

Today was a gorgeous day. I had planned to go swimming but I was frightened by what I saw in the mirror after 12 months of winter when I put on my togs, it was also very cold. So as usual I had to improvise and improvise I did with round-the-bays!

I met up with a friend for brunch at Mission Bay. The portion sizes were humongous and the cheesiness of the mushrooms and the greasiness of the chorizo didn't really help to improve the scary tog image from the morning. So after brunch, at mid-day, on a bright, sunny and incredibly windy afternoon, I decided to ditch the bus and be even more of a greenie and walk to the city. It would be like a round-the-bays run but in a walking mode! I would have run, except that I was in my jandals, with a heavy bag and an even heavier food baby...besides I don't think I can run 10 k.

The walk from Mission Bay to Britomart is around 9.1km according to Google maps, on a fairly flat land, around the Auckland harbour. It feels like that is an awful lot of walking but I didn't really feel the strain (till right now). The weather was way too awesome and my positive phototropism bars from me complaining about physical exercise in hot weather. I was made for sunny days and my unbelievably unfit body could really do with a bit of exercise.

As I walked past joggers and cyclists (most of whom looked like corporates who chose to do something outdoorsy and physical in their lunch break which I so totally admire!), I felt good, I felt high on endorphins and I felt a real sense of appreciation for NZ (yes, the ocean view always makes me super patriotic). Who needs to join gyms when our entire outdoor setting can be used as a more fresh, natural and smell-free gym?

I really do hope we can hold on to these clean, green, run-when-you-like, cycle-if-you-please, skate-if-you-can outdoors. I want my kids and their kids and so on to enjoy it just as much as I do. I decided to make more of an effort to ditch the car/bus and walk/cycle more...it not only allows me to enjoy more of the great outdoors but also helps with sculpting a more tog-friendly body! Round-the-bays, not run but walked and done!

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