This is my self-centered rambling about weight, exercise, healthy living, life on the farm, travels with horses....oh, who am I kidding...it's my never-an-unexpressed-thought-or-opinion about my life. And maybe your life, like it or not.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Running to Moab

The sun is actually shining; the snow is melting, and I have the horses fed. Bigger news is that I did my 2 miles on the treadmill, jogging 1 of them.  Here is my training method:

Do not warm up, not in any way, shape, or fashion. I find it best for me to sneak into it. Don't let my body know what's about to happen.  Just get up there on that thing and begin.  I can get a quarter mile done before my body even knows what's happening. Surprise is to my advantage.

Walk a quarter of a mile, then jog a quarter.  Continue this pattern.  Yesterday I did it in half mile increments, but today after the first quarter mile of jogging, I thought there was  a strong possibility that I'd dropped a lung. (in medical terms this means that a part or all of one of your two lungs has collapsed, isn't exchanging air with the outside world, and consequently not providing you with air. not a good thing). Come to think of it, in nonmedical terms it could mean that you've lost a lung somewhere along the road or on the treadmill, so it's not too far off the mark in terms of sigh, gasp, "I canNOT breathe."  However, I didn't die from lack of air;  so much for my diagnosis.

When I jogged on the road, back about 10 yrs ago during my "skinny for a year or so" phase (I actually wore a size 6 pants for about 20 minutes. No kidding, by the time I got them hemmed it was too late.), I began by running the distance between 2 telephone poles, walking the next, running again, etc. Then I worked up to running between 3 telephone poles, walking one, etc. You get the idea.

The only other training tip I have is LOUD MUSIC.   Makes a difference for me. I like hip hop, disco (yes, I do, and it is not dead), country, and Motown.  Michael Jackson is the KING.  Sorry Elvis.

Sheesh. Enough for today.  So my total for this week is 2 running miles, 4 total. I'm going to run to Moab.  Better look up the mileage.

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