zen habits: 10 Life Lessons from a Reluctant Runner.
I like this piece. Captures my feelings about running quite clearly. My body responds to running like no other exercise ... but it doesn’t mean I have to become religious about it.
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If the smoke would clear, I could get back into my running regime. I’m trying to bicycle when clear spots come. My lung capacity is severely diminished by even a smidge of smoke. Interesting to chart. Instead of averaging 16mph over our rolling 7000’ altitude countryside, I’m down to a painful, lungburning 13mph. And it doesn’t feel good. No ‘reserves’. Didn’t realize they were so related to oxygen uptake.
So I’m in ‘enforced laxity.’ I’d rather not drag those minute particles keep into my lung tissue.
Net-net, I’m jealous of your ability to just walk out and ‘do it’ (grin).
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I think the most important advice for a wanna be runner (like me
is this: START SLOWLY. Stretch properly! And warm up adequately.
I hate running, it’s the most boring exercise I can thing of. But my demanding 11 month old left little time to goto the gym, so I’ve reluctantly started a running routine.
After a couple of failed attempts, I remembered the Couch to 5K routine you mentioned a while ago: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml. It works. I’m running. And despite myself, I’m enjoying it.
I found a Couch to 5K app for my Windows Phone, and it tells me when to run, and when to walk. Add some music, go out in the early morning when it’s still “cool” (80+F in Dallas is as cool as it gets this summer), and it’s almost fun. Almost