July Ho‘ohana: Here’s to good health

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[Beth]

Aloha Rosa,
Welcome home! I'm fighting a lingering cold that I know comes from the reduced immunity of new schedules and new responsibilities. Mahalo for urging me to make a commitment to my own health for July! Wish I could run with you...right now my work schedule includes Saturday mornings, but perhaps I could switch with someone and join you at the Volcano. My runs are more like slow jogs to protect my aging knees but 5 miles would be a good stretch goal for me, especially at that altitude!
A hui hou
Beth

[Hanna]

Rosa,

Welcome back, happy July, and great choice of topic for this month! Your goal is good inspiration for me as well to get more activity in my life to lose the pregnancy weight that lingers after my daughter was born in March!

As a side note, I always love seeing references to 10,000 steps as a daily physical activity goal, as that was a program originally started here in Minnesota - the land of 10,000 lakes!

[Rosa Say]

Aloha Hanna, and thank you, while my trip was wonderful, it is exceedingly good to be back!

Good tidbit to know - I had no idea the 10,000 steps benchmark had some specific history: do send me a link for the full story if you know of one, would you?

I can’t remember how I first heard of it, causing me to use it in my own personal fitness regimen, but it truly is a good guideline for me: less than that every day and I have to be brutally honest with myself about slacking off. More and I feel like I’ve given myself a great start for my day.

I do remember another campaign that was done here locally by Dr. Earl Bakken’s organization to commemorate his 80th birthday, and I thought that was a pretty cool marker to add to all the other significant achievements of his life: he is best known as the inventor of the pacemaker, and in our community he continues to mentor many in the pursuit of better health for us all. http://www.earlbakken.com/

Aloha Beth,
I would so love to have you join me! I ran the five miles last year, and so this year I'm not as concerned with my timing knowing I can pretty easily finish it. I want to drink in the beauty of the walk/run itself. As you know it is magnificent, and so while I was happy with my time I did have some regrets that I didn't savor the entire experience - this year I fully intend to do so.
So please do consider coming: seeing you again would be wonderful. If you stay the night after (or just want to come up on Sunday morning) we plan to hike the Devastation Trail Sunday before returning home. Is that extra enticement for you?
Rosa

[Hanna]

Rosa,

Here's a link to the organization that developed the idea - http://www.10k-steps.com/LearnMore.asp It's spread like wildfire! This link doesn't have the history per se, but does give some background...

Also, Googling "10,000 steps" brings up a lot of good links... And just for anyone else's information on why 10,000 is the number to aim for (my old health educator background coming in here), 10,000 steps is roughly equivalent to the Surgeon General's recommendation to get 30 minutes of activity most days of the week.