{"id":154,"date":"2012-04-09T17:13:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T00:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthyfootnotes.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2015-11-11T21:53:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T21:53:32","slug":"walkabout-whereabouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/walkabout-whereabouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Walkabout Whereabouts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re two weeks into our 28-day quests for good health. Our Ambassadors have been walking up a storm, prioritizing their health and\u00a0finding time to walk nearly every day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pieareweready.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-164\" title=\"pieareweready\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pieareweready.jpeg?w=224\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.vionicshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pieareweready.jpeg 478w, https:\/\/blog.vionicshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pieareweready-224x300.jpeg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Everyone should take the time to view Megan R.&#8217;s <a title=\"Megan R. Tumblr\" href=\"http:\/\/ibitemylip.tumblr.com\/post\/20602285565\/mixin-it-up-ive-started-this-new-routine-to-get\" target=\"_blank\">photographic blog<\/a>. She loves walking with her four-legged friend. She&#8217;s got a sense of humor too, recently tweeting, &#8220;beer &amp; girlfriends night out helps you walk really fast 2 miles downtown to the get the metrorail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gorgehike720001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-165\" title=\"GorgeHike720001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gorgehike720001.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.vionicshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gorgehike720001.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.vionicshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gorgehike720001-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Laurie C. paints a personal memory from her childhood, <a title=\"Laurie C. childhood photo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africakidandtheworld.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/from-operating-room-to-forest.html\" target=\"_blank\">walking with her family<\/a> as a child. She recalls, &#8220;Some of my best memories involve the smell of pine needles and Columbia Gorge trails along steep drop-offs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Faye H. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/faye-at-windsor-castle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-166\" title=\"faye-at-windsor-castle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/faye-at-windsor-castle.jpg?w=103\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>took a <a title=\"Fay H. Walkabout\" href=\"http:\/\/hifay.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">stroll through Castle Park<\/a> this weekend. She&#8217;s been trying out our <a title=\"Balance Walkers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/balance-lace-up-walker.html\" target=\"_blank\">Balance<\/a> walkers. &#8220;I have enjoyed the Balance walkers, without the extra push to try out the shoes I might not have walked today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The stories have motivated us, humored us and even brought a couple tears to our eyes.<strong> Here are a couple more. Read on!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colleen S. took her whole family to the Barrett Jackson Auction Show [at her husband&#8217;s suggestion, she jokes]. <a title=\"Colleen S. Blog Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shibleysmiles.com\/2012\/04\/walkabout-day-12-compliments-barrett-jackson.html\" target=\"_blank\">It was a day for the <\/a><a title=\"Colleen S. Blog Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shibleysmiles.com\/2012\/04\/walkabout-day-12-compliments-barrett-jackson.html\" target=\"_blank\">whole fami<\/a><a title=\"Colleen S. Blog Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shibleysmiles.com\/2012\/04\/walkabout-day-12-compliments-barrett-jackson.html\" target=\"_blank\">ly<\/a> and lots of walking!<\/p>\n<p>Roberta W. went on a <a title=\"Roberta Wells Walkabout \" href=\"http:\/\/justbetweenus-roberta.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">spiritual walkabout<\/a> in honor of<br \/>\nPassover. &#8220;It seemed especially fitting to feel the sand give way under my feet\u2014although the Hebrews didn\u2019t have the benefit of my Orthaheel shoes as they trod the desert for 40 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Naomi S. has us smiling from ear to ear with her review of our <a title=\"Rhythm walker link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/women\/rhythm-walker.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rhythm<\/a> walkers:<br \/>\n&#8220;My feet tend to pronate (<em>I&#8217;m using the lingo!<\/em>) inward as I walk but these shoes actually make me stand straighter and take a stronger, more definitive stride. Which, ostensibly, will make me want to walk longer and further. Not a bad thing, in my book.&#8221; <a title=\"Naomi blog\" href=\"http:\/\/superdumbsupervillain.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/national-walking-day.html\" target=\"_blank\">Her blog<\/a> is thoroughly entertaining!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the reads! We hope you will find them as uplifting as we have. Until next time &#8211; step to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"more-link\" id=\"excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/walkabout-whereabouts\/\">Read More &gt;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2,18,132,166,224,227],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walking-walkabout","tag-ambassadors","tag-balance","tag-orthaheel","tag-rhythm","tag-walkabout-2","tag-walking","dwtl normal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}