@George,
Ok, I got out there. First, assembled misc id, cell, etc. in my old walking purse (ties around waist), in case I break my neck. Put on my special yellow sneaker sox, then my nike airs, which still fit and were on the new side when I more or less stopped wearing running shoes. Coat, wooly scarf, my italian black beret, no mittens (it's just under 40). Twenty minutes of fast for me now street walking around bunch of blocks and our small park. I can't do sidewalk walking here, too much like walking a concrete wave system as the small townhouse driveways dot the streetscape. This is a low traffic tract(oid) so there was no car dodging to do.
Now to keep it up. I'm hoping to improve my balance gradually.
