I was remembering the Silver Lake Waker last night. He was one of the first familiar sights when I moved to the neighborhood. A few years later someone painted a mural of him. Included in that write up is a link to the LAWeekly article about him. Reading it last night for the first time I'm blown away that he not only did 4,000 push ups a day, swam 2 miles...dude also walked 20...and even more on certain days.

I had no idea. He was always cruising along, reading...the newspaper or his phone. Usually shirtless, once I saw him in a raincoat when it was raining.

As I remembered him (he's since passed away) I realized turning the streets of LA into my own work out routine isn't crazy. It's actually quite economical. I did realize as I was starting my walking routine that I'd much rather be walking outdoors than driving to a gym to workout there. Plus, that would cost $.

Today I walked my dog, .7 miles then did 4.7 on my own in an hour and forty minutes...so about a 2 hour day. My goal is just to stick to 1 hour a day, but I think I'm excited to loose some weight. Once I get there, maybe 1 hour will be my maintenance walk. Still learning!

The picture above is of a building I passed today...I had to capture the address number. That's 1234 Sunset Blvd. if you are curious.