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I mowed the lawns yesterday afternoon—yes, I still do that, and no, I seldom mention it. What made yesterday unusual was that I used my watch to measure how far I walk when mowing both the front and back lawns in one session (not including edges). It turns out, it was 2.96 kilometres (1.839259 US miles), which kind of surprised me. Even more surprising—well, shocking, actually—was that my average pace per kilometre was 8:45, *much* faster than my “personal best” (which from memory was around 10:30 per KM?). Maybe that was because the path is straight line after straight line with no obstacles? Also, since the grass hasn’t grown much with all the cold temps we’ve had in recent weeks, I could walk quickly (and, of course, I probably moved fast because I wanted it to be over…).

At any rate, all the mowing took 25:56 (depending on how thorough I am, line trimming all the edges can easily take that long, too). My average heart rate was slightly faster than a normal walking workout , but my peak rate was quite a bit faster, so clearly it was an actual workout. Which means that two or three times a month, every month, I’ve had a pretty decent workout and I never realised it. All my planned workouts this year are on top of that.

Back to the commonplace: It’s a good thing I mowed the lawns yesterday because I was busy today, and then the rains returned this evening. Some things don’t change.