For this year, 2020, we (that's I and the dogs) have had an annual goal of walking 2020 kilometres. I calculated this week that, if we’re to keep on track with our target, we need to be averaging just over 168 km every month…
I was pretty sure that coronavirus quarantine lockdown would have completely sabotaged our progress, as it meant we were forbidden from doing our usual spring hikes in the mountains and limited instead to making shorter circuits much closer to home. (The photos are from February, when we were still allowed out and about.) In fact, I've been incredibly thankful for the dogs, as they represent one of the few valid reasons we've had for leaving our homes over the past seven weeks. People without dogs have not been allowed to go out, except for doing their supermarket shopping.
With our movements so severely restricted during March and April, I was pleasantly surprised and encouraged today to discover that, despite the lockdown, we’ve somehow managed to clock up (and donate to charity) more than 700 km by this last day of April. We're still on track!
What are the areas where Covid quarantine presented a danger of throwing you "off track" and preventing you from doing things you'd hoped to do? Or are you one of the people who suddenly found yourself with lots of extra time on your hands, and were actually able to get back on track with things you'd been postponing for ages?
When the apostle Paul writes to a young man called Timothy, he tells him to continue in what he has learned and knows to be true; not to let anything throw him off track. (2 Tim 3: 14)
What are the things where you need to keep on track during the weeks that lie ahead?
