Quit being so literal!
Ok, some things got in the way.
First of all, working your legs is not like working your upper body. You can work your upper body for about three weeks, and then take a week off for good healing/muscle improvement. An hour after my 3rd day in a row, I was lying in bed after my 30 min. sweat, and thought, "Gee, my legs sure do hurt." I've lifted weights all of my life, so I just tried to find a final position and not move too much. After about fifteen minutes of pretending, I finally shouted, "DAMN, MY LEGS HURT!" They were singing. There was this constant ringing of stinging pain. A couple of Bayer helped, but dammit, I needed a couple of Bayer.
Second, some odd pinched nerve in my lower back. Who knows from what. At the time, didn't even know it was a pinched nerve. Just knew I was crippled. Luckily, I know a great trainer, and he told me an exercise that made it go away about seven days. Have done some walking since then, but not daily.
Third, I work out alone. Easiest thing in the world is to tell myself that I don't need to go, and why. Sad but true, if I can quote a little Metallica.
On the other hand, it's a killer hill. It's great for a workout. When I walk down, turn around and look up, I almost get vertigo trying to see the top. It's not so much far as it is steep. Also, I've done it enough to where I can maintain a cell phone conversation while walking it, if only in a dirty, phone-sex panting sort of way. It is common for me to tell whoever is on the other end, "I'm going to collapse here. I'm going to have to throw the phone uphill. Go on without me. When they ask, be kind."
What I should do is opt for a walk on level ground on my off days, just to get the consistency in. That's one of my problems. Once I've set a level, all I want to do is break it. It's how I pulled my muscles so many times. Impatience. All-or-nothing attitude. Over the years, I've learned to adjust that in the weight room. Now, I need to do it on the sidewalk. (Yea, I said it. So what?)
