SO, YES, I DID IT.

AFTER BEING PROVOKED POSITIVELY YESTERDAY ON FB, I TOOK UP MY CROSS AND I WALKED....AND WALKED...

BUT LET ME TELL YOU HOW IT HAPPENED.

I TURNED MY BACK TO THE MAIN DOOR, AND THREW MY CAR KEY AND WALLET INSIDE THE HOUSE.

I QUICKLY SHUT THE DOOR, LOCKED IT AND STARTED WALKING....AND I WALKED...AND WALKED...SINGING MCDOWELL'S 'I WON'T GO BACK'!

AFTER 10 MINS, I THOUGHT NOT TAKING THE CAR WAS THE WRONGEST DECISION EVER. MY LEGS WERE DISAGREEING WITH THE REST OF THE BODY. MY BRAIN WAS TRYING TO APPEAL TO MY LEGS, WHILST MY HEART AND EYES REMAINED STUBBORN ON THE GOAL. THEY BOTH CAPTURED THE PICTURE OF A HUGE DOOR IN THE CITY CENTRE WHERE THEU WOULD STOP AT, SO THEY REFUSED TO LISTEN MY LEGS THAT WERE THREATENING TO STRIKE.

AFTER 20 MINS, MY BRAIN AGREED WITH THE LEGS THAT IT WAS THE WORST DECISION EVER FOR ME LEAVING MY WALLET BEHIND AT LEAST. COULD HAVE JUMPED ON A BUS. THERE WOULD BE OTHER DAYS. BUT MY STUBBORN EKITI HEART AND EYES HAD THEIR GOAL FIXATED ON. I KEPT ON WALKING. MY LEGS BECAME JEALOUS OF EVERYONE IN A CAR AND ON BUSES. THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW I WAS FEELING! IT WAS A WAR GOING ON INSIDE OF ME. ball styled items to wear in the winter of the party

THEN IT GOT BETTER.....AND A BIT BETTER....AND I GOT TO MY DESTINATION.....AFTER ONE HOUR. I WAS SO HAPPY. LEGS WERE ANGRY AND THEY PROMISED TO RETALIATE ALL NIGHT LONG!

BUT RETURNING BACK HOME THIS MORNING WAS THE WORST. I COULD HEAR MY LEGS SWEARING THE FOUR LETTER WORD AT ME.....'You are a FOOL for not planning this well' I HEARD THEM SAY OVER AND OVER AS THEY REFUSED TO COOPERATE.

I FELT WALKING DOWNHILL WHEN GOING TO THE CITY CENTRE, BUT GOING BACK HOME WAS LITERALLY A WALK UP THE HILL.

MENNNNN......OH BLOOD OF HABAKKUK....."TAKE MY HAND PRECIOUS LORD AND LEAD ME HOME" WAS THE SONG I MANAGED TO MUTTER ON MY WAY BACK!

EVERY GREEN FIELD BECAME AN ULTIMATE KING SIZE EXECUTIVE BED. I WANTED TO LIE DOWN IN THOSE GREEN PASTURE AND SLEEP. I WAS TIRED CLIMBING THE ROAD AS I COULD NO LONGER LIFT MY LEGS BUT RATHER DRAGGED THEM ALONG. THEY WERE SO MEAN ON ME.

EVENTUALLY, I GOT HOME. IT TOOK ME LONGER TO GET BACK THAN LEAVING. I SLEPT OFF OVER MY DINNER LIKE MY LITTLE BOY! I WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FOOD ONCE I POST THIS WRITE UP NOW.

ANYWAY, THE FIRST THING I WENT FOR WERE MY CAR KEYS AND WALLET! I MISSED THEM SO MUCH. NO SON OF EVE OR DAUGHTER OF ADAM CAN PERSUADE ME TO WALK FOR 2 HOURS AGAIN...AT LEAST NOT FOR THE NEXT ONE WEEK.

I KNOW SOME MEAN MACHINES CAN WALK 10KMS IN 30 OR 45 MINS...NOT ME FOR NOW. I WILL GET BETTER WITH MORE EFFORTS.

THE LAST TIME I DID AN ENDURANCE TREK WAS 17 YEARS AGO AT ISSELLE-UKWU IN DELTA STATE DURING MY AJUWAYA DAYS. I WAS YOUNG AND FIT WITH AT LEAST 5 AND A HALF PACKS OR EVEN BETTER. BUT WERE PREPARED FOR THAT!

NOW, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, PREPARATION OR WARM UP, I WALKED 10KMS IN 2 HOURS AND 10MINS WITH A BACKPACK AND WITH A HEAVY ONE ROUND PACK IN MY MID SECTION! I WAS HOLDING MY CHEST AT A POINT. IT IS A BAD THING NOT TO BE FIT AT ALL!

I GUESS I TRIED ANYWAY.

THANKS TO ALL MY MOTIVATORS YESTERDAY....ESPECIALLY Oloye Don Kwame WHO SUGGESTED AN APP THAT I DOWNLOADED IMMEDIATELY AND WHICH PUSHED ME OUT OF THE HOUSE WITHOUT PROPER PLANNING.

IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE SAYING 'YOU CANNOT JUMP, AND YOU DARED THE PERSON THAT YOU CAN. I JUMPED BEFORE I REALISED IT WAS NOT A SHORT JUMP! NEXT TIME, I WON'T JUST DECIDE I WANT TO WALK, I WILL KNOW THE DISTANCE VERY WELL FIRST!

ANYWAY, ONE MADAM WILL DO SERIOUS MASSAGE FOR ME ALL WEEKED LONG EITHER SHE LIKES IT OR NOT!