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JANUARY WALK
Thanks to all who braved the -17/-25(windchill) temperatures for our KAPPS walk this month. Not knowing what to expect we re-visited the section from the Western Murphy Road intersection of the K and P and walked into Calabogie. The sun was glorious and almost spring-like with cold wind which stayed at our backs all the way.
Good spirits and good conversation got us back to Polly’s for burnch before the “church-rush”. Special thanks and welcome to Gayle T who chose this as he first walk with KAPPS and showed us how they walk in the Whitewater Region - fast.
And thanks again to the staff at Polly's who fed and coffeed us.
Here’s a photo of an odd sight just outside the restaurant. It seems like someone abandoned their truck in the grass many years ago, and trees have grown to imprison it where it sits.
Yours , on the journey,
Ray
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet
Thich Nhat Hahn
OK, let me announce my limits as a walker. I don’t walk where there are vicious animals.I don’t walk on fire. And I hate walking when its below -15 C, especially with a wind chill. Chicken-sh*t? I own that. With that out of the way, let me encourage everyone of us walkers not to give up in such cold weather. We have options.
One is the many “walk-in-the-halls” programs where you can walk in lighted, safe and warm surroundings to your heart’s content. I’ve tried that but its not enough. My choice was to sign up with a local gym where they have treadmills and elliptical machines. I agree with a no-nonsense local trainer who calls this stuff “dog-sh*t”, but, in the absence of an outdoor trail without lethal conditions, you take what you can get.
This offers me a way to walk on an “as-if” path with ups and downs, at whatever speed I care to go. I use the same walking tunes and shoes, so its not totally unfamiliar. Of course I would rather look at trees and ponds than TSN highlights.
What I particularly appreciate about the machines is the pre-sets which give me a simulation of a hill walk, with ups and downs. It is pretty much non-negotiable, so when it tells me to boot it up a slope, either I do that or embarrass myself by dialing down. My pride doesn’t like that.
The other advantage of a gym environment is that I can combine some mat work or rowing machine or weight routines with my walk. This keeps the days varied and increases the strength-building element of my walks. I can hardly wait for warmer weather, but the treadmill is a not-bad alternative.
Yours , on the journey,
Ray
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet
Thich Nhat Hahn
WALKING SONGS
I was reading a commentary on the use of walking images in pop music and that got me thinking about how many songs actually use walk or walking in the title.
Here’s a list:
Walk - Jet
Walk - Foo Fighters
Walk - Kwabs
Walk - Don't Run - The Ventures
Walk Among Stones - Kate Campbell
Walk Away - Ben Harper
Walk Away - Good Charlotte
Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson
Walk Away - Five Finger Death Punch
Walk Away - Tom Waits
Walk Away From The Sun - Seether
Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
Walk Away Slow - Tiffany Page
Walk Believer Walk - The Black Crowes
Walk By - Good Charlotte
Walk In the Country - Scotty McCreery
Walk in the Shadows - Queensrÿche
Walk In The Sun - McFly
Walk it Back - R.E.M.
Walk It Out - Jennifer Hudson
Walk Like a Giant - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons
Walk Like A Man (You Can Call Me Your Man) - Grand Funk
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
Walk Me Down the Middle - The Band Perry
Walk Me to the Bridge - Manic Street Preachers
Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
Walk Of Shame - Pink
Walk Of Shame - Deap Vally
Walk On - U2
Walk On - Neil Young
Walk On - Billy Currington
Walk On - Lucinda Williams
Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
Walk on the Ocean - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Walk on the Water - Britt Nicole
Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
Walk On Water - Eddie Money
Walk Over Me - The All-American Rejects
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers
Walk Right In - Rooftop Singers
Walk Straight Down the Middle - Kate Bush
Walk Tall - Kele
Walk That Walk - Dorrough
Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was)
Walk the Edge - Shadows Fall
Walk The Fleet Road - Editors
Walk The Walk - Poe
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C.
Walk This Way - Mø
Walk Through Exits Only - Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals
Walk Unafraid - R.E.M.
Walk With Me - Richie Kotzen
Walk With Me In Hell - Lamb of God
Walk With You - Ringo Starr
Walken's Syndrome - Fugazi
Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
Walkin' Back To Happiness - Helen Shapiro
Walkin' Blue - Sonic Youth
Walkin' Mat - The Answer
Walkin' My Baby Back Home - James Taylor
Walkin' My Cat Named Dog - Norma Tanega
Walkin' On The Moon - The-Dream
Walkin' on the Sun - Smash Mouth
Walkin' the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
Walkin' Through The Park - Muddy Waters
Walkin' With A Mountain - Mott the Hoople
Walking - October Fall
Walking - Mary Mary
Walking After You - Foo Fighters
Walking Away - Jason Aldean
Walking Back To Jesus Parts I, II & III - The Broken Family Band
Walking Contradiction - Green Day
Walking Far From Home - Iron & Wine
Walking Her Home - Mark Schultz
Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
Walking In The Air - Aled Jones
Walking In The Winter - The Coral
Walking On A Dream - Empire of the Sun
Walking on a Thin Line - Huey Lewis & the News
Walking On Air - Bee Gees
Walking On Air - Katy Perry
Walking On Air - Anise K
Walking On Broken Glass - Annie Lennox
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
Walking On The Moon - The Police
Walking On Thin Ice - Yoko Ono
Walking Paranoia - MUTEMATH
Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas
Walking With Elephants - Ten Walls
Walks Like Rihanna - The Wanted
Yours , on the journey,
Ray
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet
Thich Nhat Hahn
