Getting and Staying Healthy After Fifty

I went walking with my friend this morning, and about halfway in, I told her I was going to “lap her” and I took off walking really fast. It didn’t work, I didn’t lap her. Either she walks faster than I thought, or I walk slower. Anyway, I walked about a two of the two and a half miles really fast, then just petered out and trudged back to her house at a normal pace.

We decided that I should walk a fast lap before I come to her house, then come get her, and we’ll walk her pace as a cool down. The problem with that is that she wants to sit and have coffee, so I won’t actually be maintaining any sort of pace. I hate to say it, but I think I need to not walk with her anymore at all. It’s nice having someone to chat with, but seriously, it’s not doing me any good.

I need to do the 2-1/2 miles really fast, with a shorter warm up and cool down. I don’t want to hurt her feelings, but this just isn’t working for me, and I really don’t have time for two walks, one fast, and one slow.

What should I do? I’m committed to doing this walking, but I need to do it where it helps me, not hurts me or just keeps me where I am.

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