I've been walk-jogging since my start date (after the Pre-Plan Week). I've made it almost every day. It feels good, actually, and my 52 year-old body seems to be responding to it pretty well.
Therein lies the problem. Since what I've been doing feels good, a little more must feel great, right?
No, not really. A little more at my age can actually be harmful. Shin splints. Over-windedness. Over heating. Discouragement.
This morning I covered 2.1 miles. I jogged 1.5 miles without stopping. It felt great. The morning air was cool and the sunrise beautiful. I was tempted to try and jog the rest of the way. But that would have left me without time to cool down. It would have pushed me beyond what I'm ready to do. It would have led to a quick fail and derailed me on my goal.
I think the temptation to over exert stems from a need for immediate satisfaction. I don't want to fail in this project so I am tempted to go further than I ought to. This will lead to injury and the greater risk of failure.
Thing is, when I was younger, and healthier, I was able to run long distances pretty well. I enjoyed 10K runs and ran several miles a day. It's hard to admit that I'm not younger any more.
I want to be able to run several miles before the snow flies. But I need to get there methodically, intentionally and patiently.
Kind of like trying to lose 50 lbs. in six months. :-)
Today's journal:
Weight: 236.6, down 6/10 from yesterday. My official starting weight was 240.4 on Day 8, so in two weeks I'm down 3.8 lbs.
Breakfast: two sausage patties, a pint of orange juice
Snack: apple and string cheese
Dinner: chef salad (very poorly made), a single slice peanut butter sandwich with 1 T peanut butter, a hamburg at Hardee's
Supper: chips (doggone it), pollo loco with refried beans, guac, a little rice
Exercise alreay noted above.
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