Today I decided I’d start my day with a nice run. I figured
it hadn’t hit 80 degrees outside just yet so I was good to go. Sure I haven’t
run in over a year, but I’m totally good. I do Pilates and strength training 4
days a week. I got this. Well boy was that a load of malarkey! Within 10
minutes my chest was burning and I was thinking to myself “I’ve probably burned
like 500 calories in this 10 minute run. Let’s turn back and see what’s on the
DVR.” But then I started thinking, “Well hot damn, are you really just gonna
give up like that?! You haven’t even gotten a mile in yet.” So I treaded on…giving
it the “old college try” as they say. I’m fairly certain an 80 year old lady
watering her begonias outside thought I was having an asthmatic incident. But
did that old bat come to my rescue? Hell no! She instead gave me a wry smile
and pretended like I wasn’t about to teeter off into her planter. I didn’t of
course, but only because a scary wiener dog barked at me so I kicked it into
high gear outta there. During my run I also realized that the Nike running
shoes I bought for $49.99 in the boys section at Kohls are the best stinking
running shoes I’ve ever had. Lots of cushion for the toots. Having tiny, child-like
feet has finally paid off!
When I came home I thought I should document how my run went.
You can see for yourself…
The point of this story? Don’t be a lazy Lucy or Larry. If
you don’t keep up the workouts…you’ll just feel like me today…old, out of shape
and wishing you had looked into that leg stretching procedure so that you can cover
more ground while running.
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