It’s been suggested that running may be the closest thing a human being can get to natural flight…
To that end, I’ve decided to give it a try. Of course, the additional benefits to my physical, mental, and emotional health wouldn’t hurt, either…
Tonight, I started a 13-week walk-to-run program. Tonight’s workout was meant to be a 5-minute warmup, followed by 12 intervals of running for one minute and walking for two, finishing with a cooldown and some stretching. When I started, I had grand designs, thinking, “Oh, this shouldn’t be too difficult!”
I couldn’t be more wrong – I made it through four intervals before dragging my sorry overweight out-of-shape butt home, wheezing and panting nearly the whole way.
When I got there, I worked through my list of recommended stretches… By the time I finished, I actually felt pretty good!
Thinking about it, I may have to reconsider my plan to run a 5K at the end of January… But you know what? I’m still gonna try to do it sometime early next year – it might take a bit longer than I initially thought, but I WILL do this!
Instead of moving forward into the second scheduled workout for this week, on Wednesday, I’m just going to try the same one again – maybe then, I can make five intervals!
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