these feet

this is the "BJ Flyer"......

handcrafted by my dear husband in 1973

this is also a fairly "young" foot

this is the same foot...thirty four years later

after walking barefoot for years, chasing children

aerobics, kickboxing, dancing (sort of)

a couple 10K's

stubbing toes, climbing stairs, fracturing bones,

standing for hours as a teller and a new hire trainer........

and now after a year of training and walking my first 3-Day

and one more year of training........and soon my second 3-Day.

did you know
achilles, the greatest greek warrior hero

gave his name to the strongest tendon in the body.

the average person walks about 160,000 kilometres

in their lifetime, enought to walk around the earth 4 times.

each step can put up to 4 times your body weight through your feet

which adds up to a cumulative force of over 500 tons a day.

there are 26 bones in each foot,

a total of 52 bones in both the feet

there are 206 bones in the body

which means more than a quarter of all

our bones in our bodies are in our feet.

there are 33 joints in each foot

over 100 ligaments hold all the joints together in each foot

20 separate muscles work individually and together to move all of these joints

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”

thank you feet, for the journey

i promise to give you some much needed

tlc.....soon!