My goal to run three times this week is off to an okay start. Last night I met Sonnie and Mary at the gym, and we walked and jogged for about 50 minutes. I'm all stuffed up and I immediately got a really bad side stitch - when you can't breathe, it's kind of hard to take in enough oxygen. Oh well. Even if I'm not exactly kicking ass and taking names, at least I'm keeping up with my routine and making running a regular habit.
I commented on Kealy's last post and mentioned that I needed to get remotivated. I did a 5K, but my ultimate goal isn't running 3.1 miles once. It's to make running a part of my life, and to keep doing it for my health. I played around with map my run and found out that my bike ride to work is almost exactly one mile long. Then I started adding up how many miles a day I ride - usually about four (to work, home for lunch, back to work, home for the day) and sometimes more (if I ride to yoga). Then I thought, it would be fun to keep track of the miles I bike each week. I like lists, and I like the idea of competing with myself. So of course that led to me thinking I should keep track of miles run each week, which might motivate me to eek out another mile here and there. If you think about it that way, all those little miles add up to something pretty impressive.
I'm going to try it out and I'll let y'all know how it goes. Sometimes I think I spend more time motivating myself and making lists than actually accomplishing anything. C'est la vie.
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Hey, for someone who's main mode of transportation is bicycling it's not like you're behind in the land of fitness.
You ride your bike to and fro; you walk that big wonderful black dog of your's; you meet up with me and/or Mary on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays for girl power group exercise; and you yoga it up
Did I leave anything out?
I agree with Sonnie ... but add that you eat healthy foods.
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