test walk: 37,816 steps

Tonight's walk was much longer than anticipated. It took me until almost 2 a.m.; I had stitched together two walking routes. I had also planned to walk about 30,000 steps, but I ended up walking almost 38,000 steps, i.e., a bit over six hours. All in all, a good test walk for the coming weekend. I had achy feet, but no blisters and no other major pains.

The weather witches are now forecasting light to moderate rain for Sunday, Day 2 of my walk, from early morning until the afternoon. Fuck. I walked in rain during my big walk in 2017, but that was during the balmy spring months. This will be a nasty winter rain, and I need to ask myself whether I'm going to rush out and buy a proper poncho or rain jacket, or simply endure a day of rain and allow myself to get soaked. I have a blue, synthetic-fabric windbreaker that is water-resistant for perhaps the first few minutes of a shower, but after that, it soaks up rainwater like any other sort of cloth. A light rain might be bearable, but a moderate rain could easily soak through my coat, through my windbreaker, and into my bones.

So now the question becomes: buy proper rain gear, or cancel the walk?

Another possibility: it's a five-day weekend but only a four-day walk, so I could sit out Sunday by staying a second night in Hanam City. Expensive, but doable, and rain hasn't been forecast for any other vacation day.