Walk 18: RIP Treadmill

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Wednesday 1st July - like most people, I was heading straight home from work to watch the football. However, rather than sitting around for two hours, I decided to be productive at the same time and jump on the treadmill, marking my move from one to TWO walks a week. 


All was going well - better than the first half of the football anyway - with the first forty-five minutes feeling manageable. After that, I jumped off and on so I could get tea underway, pets fed etc, and by the match took an exciting turn, I was more than halfway through. 

However, after taking a hour's break to have some food and let it go down, the tiredness set in a bit. Nonetheless, I was 15.6 km in and only had 3 km left to do when my treadmill decided it had had enough! Gutted, I had to try and finish by circling the garden but decided to call it a night at 9.30pm at 1km short of my target. However, I'll be adding this onto my next walk. 


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