Week #3 Completed!

Greetings from the lost! The holiday weekend and a little blogging burnout rendered me missing for the last few days.

According to Garmin, Week #3 included 6 miles of walking during a total of 1 hour, 44 minutes. All in all, a pretty easy week, with, as predicted, the highlight being my walk in Albuquerque with my mom! The above picture is the view of the Sandia Mountains we saw as we walked.

We did awesome! We headed up into the open space above my parents' house that has a really nice path. It was great to take a break from walking on pavement. It was also nice to have someone to talk to. Sometimes, we talked so much that our pace fell too low, but overall, my average heart rate was a little higher than average which I assume was due to the increase in elevation. Garmin recorded that the altitude in Albuquerque was right at 5800 feet as compared to 1200 feet here in Chandler, but honestly I really couldn't notice a difference.

On a sad note, even though she made the trip to Albuquerque with us, Bella didn't get to go on our walk. She was too busy playing with her best friend Abby. I felt a little bit lost to be walking without her. Despite the fact that she pulls on the leash sometimes and generally is a little skittish, I've come to LOVE having her by my side, and I hope I don't have to do too many more workouts alone!

Bella had an amazing weekend too though, so don't worry! She may have overexerted herself and is still recovering. Here is a picture of her taking advantage of some prime napping time in New Mexico with Rick and Abby. She really does love to be lazy!