I'm Going To Practice Walking

The rule of thumb about survival skills: practice them before you need them. Otherwise, what looks easy on a YouTube video (e.g. making fire with flint and steel) is likely to see damn near impossible when you're trying it for the first time under a stressful situation.

So I'm going to practice walking.

Yes, I've been walking since I was about a year old. And yes, I walk every day (though some days I walk more than others). But a recent post at The Apartment Prepper's Blog got me thinking: even though I'm not a city dweller, it's very possible that my family may need to hit the pavement someday to get out of dodge. And since my kids are very young, the most likely scenario is that Hubby and I will each be wearing a child in a backpack kid carrier.

Recent kid-wearing experience tells me that my current physical condition would allow me to comfortably carry a child for about a mile. Walking slow. On even terrain. In optimum weather conditions.

Obviously, this is not acceptable. At my current physical ability, even the slowest zombie would eventually catch up to me and eat my brains.

(How does that saying go? Something like "A gazelle doesn't need to outrun a lion. It only needs to outrun the slowest gazelle.")

So, I've decided to start practicing walking. I've committed to hiking 2 times a month (minimum) with Hubby and kids. I'm going to engage in more physical activity overall, and I'm going to strengthen my "babywearing" muscles.

It's time for this mama to get in shape.