100 Mile Club

Last fall during the school from home portion of the pandemic, the PE teacher at T-man’s school started the 100 mile club. He had to track his activity via an app and turn in the data to his teacher. Then you could see where you stood throughout the year and also check the leaderboard (T-man was guaranteed to “win” 8th grade as he was the only student that participated. He had already been joining me around my walks around the block (albeit on a scooter) so I thought this was a great way to drive us to an end point. 

I forced T-man to join and while he complained about it, he definitely enjoyed it at times. We would figure out different routes in the neighborhood and see how long each route was. We had nice conversations and it was a great break in the day for each of us - sunshine and exercise and company! When we started, T-man was convinced we could get 100 miles in before Christmas. And while technically attainable, we weren’t going to be walking two miles everyday of the week.  It was these types of topics that would fill our walks.. 

While T-man trudged into the last few miles, the time we had was super special to me and something we wouldn’t have had without the pandemic. 

So proud of him 

Walking buddies