Days 19-20: "Burden"

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Today's theme: "Burden". 

My fitness challenge: My goal is to do 3 x 30 supported pull-ups at Level 1 by 30th January 2015. And to write a poem everyday.

My progress: On 19th January (yesterday) I walked for 5km. Today (20th January) I set myself a different challenge - to see how far I could walk carrying two buckets with 5 litres of water in each bucket. It turned out I managed only 1km. The pain my my arms and shoulder joints was tough, and I became worried I'd do an injury that would stop me achieving my overall challenge. I did this challenge because I wanted to understand more about the burden of collecting water for women in the developing world when pregnant. My small challenge was nothing compared to theirs. After the 1 km, I then did a fast 2 km through local streets.

Poems

From: http://girlsglobe.org/2013/12/12/the-burden-of-collecting-water-while-pregnant-2/

Burden

mine is a noun:

quick, flowing-

a blue bucket

on an asphalt street.

Burden Two

hers is an endless

relentless verb:

to.

Merilyn Childs 20/1/2015