It’s February, the 1st, to be exact. This is the month where things have to get more serious. So, I am putting in more miles every day. I’m committed. Even if it means I have to walk all night, and tonight I did. Tonight I got in a little urban hiking in downtown Fort Myers.
It was a perfect out. The weather was a touch on the chilly side, and being it’s a Wednesday, there weren’t a ton of people in the streets. No rain, no clouds, no nothing. So, I booked it all over. My Strava account shows my map in thick lines and constantly circling patterns. I threw in some hitting the stairs in the garages when I was walking by also. I mean, why not, right? I generally just walked at a decent pace for an hour and a half trying to get five miles in for the night. I was reluctantly successful.
The only things about walking around downtown late at night are the fear of being messed with by drunk idiots as I’m walking by, and the bums in the alley ways and in the stairwells. Tonight a guy was sleeping in the Bay Street garage. He didn’t do anything to weird me out, but be present. So, I can’t say anything, except that it’s a bit intimidating knowing this bum could be the one psychotic who decides to wig out and try to take me out. Possible, not probable, but my antennas were up, if you get me. There are quiet corners to the downtown area. Nooks and crannies, thin alleyways and dark underbrush. Judging from the amount of homeless that wander in and out of Starbucks all day long, I just think there are a much bigger number living on the streets of Ft. Myers than one would think.
All and all, it was a pretty good workout. I met my goal. No wear and tear.
