"I have been but little in," said Ninian hastily...

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...

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? :-)

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...

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!

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!