With a whimper not a bang

Today was the last day of my work Walking Challenge.

I have been taking this contest really seriously, so I planned to finish strong with at least thirty thousand steps a day every day for the last week. 

I almost made it.

When I woke up yesterday, almost everything hurt: My feet, my ankles, not my knees, but definitely my right hip. I decided to allow myself an "easy" day, which turned out to be almost twenty seven thousand steps.

This morning was better, but after a quick check of the competition, I decided to allow myself another easy day.

It's not the way I planned to finish, but it's fine.

If you had asked me forty five days ago if I thought I could walk this long and this far - over a million steps and more than eight hundred thirty miles! - I would have laughed. I am so proud of myself for sticking with it. 

And also, I am so glad it's over.