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<\/p>\nI love the song “If I Am.” It’s wonderful. I am listening to it right now.<\/p>\n
Anyways. The point of this post:<\/p>\n
So I’ve been having this reoccurring dream that I am running really fast and I never lose my breath. I’ve been having it for a few years now, and I’ve decided that maybe it’s trying to tell me something. Meanwhile, I was thinking the other day if I was ever hypothetically in a situation that required me to “run for help” I probably wouldn’t get very far. I’ve refused on multiple occasions to run for a bus, train, subway, etc. I missed the train to my first day of college that way, nearly 4 years ago.<\/p>\n
I have had many excuses in my past of reasons I couldn’t be a runner. Arches in my feet are the number one culprit. They hurt from walking, and I figured that running would aggrevate them. That’s the reason I had to stop playing soccer my junior year of high school, after all.<\/p>\n
But my arch issues are under control, and I do recall that sophomore year I would always lap my sister in cycles when we were sprinting. She’d always catch up to me in the jog, but hell I could sprint.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I have come to realization that I don’t want to pay for a gym and I don’t want to spend time doing Pilates in my living room forever. I’ll never get into shape that way. What’s a girl to do. Then I thought…what about run?<\/p>\n
Another story: About two years ago, my friend Laur and I were heading to Grand Central Station from Times Square. The run is less than a mile. I should have been able to handle it. I ran about half way before I had to stop–and as my friend Laur pushed me along, I thought I would die. Once we boarded the train, it took me about ten minutes to stop panting, and about a half hour before my lungs stopped hurting.<\/p>\n
That’s pathetic. I should be able to run a mile. That is reasonable. Human bodies only last for so long, and I should at least give mine the benefit of being in good shape so if something else should go ary my body would be prepared to fight. Right?<\/p>\n
So, guys, I’ve decided I am going to become a runner. I have a game plan, and I am going to do it.<\/p>\n
Of course, I decided this three days ago. But then one day it rained, and then the next I got home at 8, after dark and very hungry.<\/p>\n
So today, after work, I got home (early which was helpful) and began. I slipped on my Olympic shoes and my Olympic fanny pack (over the shoulder, of course) and started my training: 10 cycles, walk 2 minutes, run 1 minute. My body was very tense as I prepared to run that first minute. But I did it. And then I did another minute, and another. After 3 cycles, however, my lungs were on overload and I had to slow to a walk for a bit. For quite a long time. For 10 minutes, actually. After those 10, I finished strong by running\/walking 3 more cycles. 6 cycles in total. That’s something.<\/p>\n
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[not me running. What I’d love to look like, though…]<\/p>\n
Today, I ran for 6 minutes. I also probably only ran .6 miles. But the total travel was 2.14 miles. So I did something. I feel like I am getting somewhere. I’ve already made a playlist for tomorrow, and I am aiming for 8 cycles.<\/p>\n
Here goes nothing.<\/p>\n
How do you guys keep in shape? Anyone??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love the song “If I Am.” It’s wonderful. I am listening to it right now. Anyways. The point of this post: So I’ve been having this reoccurring dream that I am running really fast and I never lose my … Continue reading