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jayfurrOkay, I did think of one thing worth writing about:
I am INCREDIBLY impressed by Maggie Haworth -- someone I haven't seen in years but who I used to know pretty well, and who served as Matron of Honor at my wedding. She's going to be doing a 50-mile run in West Virginia soon and has been doing marathons without batting an eye.
And here I was all impressed with myself for walking 45 miles in a single day a few weeks back. She's going to RUN that much.
I'm so lame.
As I said in a comment on her Facebook status where she announced her plans, I've never been much of a runner. After about a mile, I'm winded and slow to a walk. I can't blame it entirely on my anemia (hereditary) -- my sister (who served as a captain in the U.S. Army) runs miles after work and SHE has the same thalassemia trait blood that I have. It's not that I'm in absurdly bad shape -- my doctor told me that I have the resting heart rate of an athlete. I think it's largely a matter of willpower, or lack thereof. I had the willpower to lose all that weight; I had the willpower to walk 45 miles. I simply need to focus that willpower on running, if that's a goal I want to work on.
Wintry Vermont weather is coming, but I do belong to a gym with a banked 1/8 mile indoor track. I spent a lot of last winter walking four to five miles an hour on said track. I just need to step it up and set some goals -- running two miles without stopping, running three, etcetera. It'd help build cardio fitness and help build muscle as well, and muscle is something that, as I lose weight, I'm becoming ever more acutely aware that I lack.
I am INCREDIBLY impressed by Maggie Haworth -- someone I haven't seen in years but who I used to know pretty well, and who served as Matron of Honor at my wedding. She's going to be doing a 50-mile run in West Virginia soon and has been doing marathons without batting an eye.
And here I was all impressed with myself for walking 45 miles in a single day a few weeks back. She's going to RUN that much.
I'm so lame.
As I said in a comment on her Facebook status where she announced her plans, I've never been much of a runner. After about a mile, I'm winded and slow to a walk. I can't blame it entirely on my anemia (hereditary) -- my sister (who served as a captain in the U.S. Army) runs miles after work and SHE has the same thalassemia trait blood that I have. It's not that I'm in absurdly bad shape -- my doctor told me that I have the resting heart rate of an athlete. I think it's largely a matter of willpower, or lack thereof. I had the willpower to lose all that weight; I had the willpower to walk 45 miles. I simply need to focus that willpower on running, if that's a goal I want to work on.
Wintry Vermont weather is coming, but I do belong to a gym with a banked 1/8 mile indoor track. I spent a lot of last winter walking four to five miles an hour on said track. I just need to step it up and set some goals -- running two miles without stopping, running three, etcetera. It'd help build cardio fitness and help build muscle as well, and muscle is something that, as I lose weight, I'm becoming ever more acutely aware that I lack.
