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Sunday 25 January 2015

JANUARY WALK

Worst Parking Job Ever!
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       

Friday 16 January 2015

ON THE TREADMILL

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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

Thursday 8 January 2015

WALKING SONGS

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