winterbadger: (running)
Your average day (or night)I really have to talk myself into going out to jog, most of the time. Shame sometimes works. :-)

But if it's cold and raining, with sleet starting to mix in and snow threatening, and I can't wait to get home and get my kit on. *shakes head* I guess it's because I'm so contrary and like to do what no one else would (be silly enough) to do.

No wonder I get on so well with... (insert the names of several of my friends I can think of :-)

It was rather nice tonight, rain or not. It was just a short jog (or what's become so for me (10/10). I can't say how cool I think it is that repetitive physical exercise really does become easier over time, if taken in tiny, tiny quantities. :-) I'm up to running (*cough* jogging) four minutes at a stretch, and I really do find when I'm done that I feel as if I've just warmed up enough to start doing something really vigorous, like play footy.

Of course, I had to put something in my calendar for May today, and I saw it came the last day of the training program I'm on. According to which I'm supposed to be running 30 minutes straight that day. Yeah, I still don't know that I believe *that* will be happening...

Time for shower and some sort of dinner...
winterbadger: (running)
My first 15/15 jog this evening. Made it through and to spare, though I seem to be coughing a lot now. It's a beautiful night, and after I finished the timed part of the exercise I just walked back through our little park, looking with pleasure at the beautiful full moon.

I do like living in Maryland for many reasons, but one is that we seem to have a lot fewer streetlights, maybe one or two a block. At night streets can be almost dark (not "out in the country" dark, but dark-ish), and I find I like that much better.

I know that I am probably alone in the entire US in thinking this, but I will be sorry to see winter end. I love spring (it's the best season around here), but I *like* the cold nights. That said, it's nice to have all the windows open and the breezes blowing through.

Now, time for la petit diner deuxieme, some telly, and bed.
winterbadger: (running)
Ah, the dangers of slacking off for a day or two, Doing my 10/10 today involved doing more like 15/10. What a cold, rainy day--it reminded me of running laps in JV soccer, with our pitted, muddy field.

The BG testing is going fine so far. The quack suggested I try all sorts of different times of day as well as the morning jab. I had one reading of 210 right after a huge lunch/dinner the other day (an entire Chipotle burrito), but the morning jabs have been good: 135, 115, 108 today. Not sure I understand why, when I checked after running, it was back to 135--does exercise elevate BG because the body is dumping it into the bloodstream to burn? I need to read more of the literature they gave me.

And down a couple of pounds as well; let's hope that trend continues.

And now for a shower, some brunch, and a ton of cleaning. Dust, vacuum, laundry, some scrubbing and mopping. And a quick trip for some groceries. Why, yes, I *am* having some company this evening--how did you guess? :-)
winterbadger: (running)
Little by little, we make our way.

First 25 minute session tonight. 20/5, and I actually ran (jogged, slowly) the 5 all together for the first time, instead of splitting it up. Made it with barely a wheeze.

Oooh! Time for the SOTU!
winterbadger: (running)
Oh, I really didn't want to do that. Not because it's cold (I really couldn't care less if it's cold, as long as it's not icy), but just because it was after 9 and I hadn't had dinner yet, and I didn't want to *bother*. But it wasn't that long, just a quick jog (5/5), and I want to keep it up. So I did, and I did what one of my friends did recently and alternated minutes, one walking, one jogging. And it was fine.

I always end feeling as if I *could* go on, if I had to. For exercise, as opposed to a race, I figure that's fine. It's when the day comes that I finish and I *want* to go on--that's when I need to check into Arkham Asylum and restore some of my SAN...
winterbadger: (running)
Yay! I did today's walk/run in the park after I got home, snow and all. It's so pitifully little, but I know it's more than some can do, and it promises to build me up in time to do more. So for now, it's something.

The snow is truly beautiful. It's like having Christmas all over again, only for real now because it's quiet, cold, and full of shadowed whiteness. Snow takes any landscape with trees back to a sort of primeval forest, or at least the echoes of it. I love night snow.
winterbadger: (running)
Well, one thing I can say for exercise, it does have some ability to remove stress. Did my second walk/run session tonight. I have another at the end of the week with a walk in between, then next week it's walk/run every time. Then in February it ramps up to 10 minute runs and four goes a week. I trust my guru to get me there in due course.

Had a shower after and I feel *good*. Making dinner (lamb chop, roasted carrots & parsnips from Trader Joes, rice); when I got home, I snacked on a mixture of olives, artichokes, beans, and red peppers--Whole Foods is expensive, but they have yummy stuff!
winterbadger: (running)
...according to the handy "at home" test in the running book I recently unearthed from my bookshelf, I do not overpronate. So I got that going for me, which is nice.
winterbadger: (bike)
I went running yesterday, and I did about two miles on the flat, but if I actually *ran* more than about a third of it, I'll be surprised. I was quite exhausted, thought not in a "completely blown, need to lie on the ground for a while" way.

Today I went out cycling in the morning, did about the same distance (slightly more) plus a lot more up and down. Enjoyable, and out of breath on a few of the hills, but in no way as exhausted.

Only thing is, I have two matches I've agreed to AR on Sunday. I'm dreading it. I am much more out of shape than I realised. Yikes!

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