I haven’t been a very good girl when it comes to eating these past days, although it’s been way better than in some of the preceeding weeks; I however did good at exercising, and yesterday I even went running again, for the first time in almost three months. I’ve come to realize that I don’t like running, hence why I didn’t do it regularly; it’s not laziness or lack of willpower, I just dislike the activity, and usually practice other sports to achieve a similar “cardio-training” effect.
The good news was that, even without much practice, I can now do better. I hold good for about 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of brisk walking, and this time my heartbeat didn’t shoot to the sky as much as in my previous attempt, even though it’s still too high to my liking. I suppose that all the cardio I did for months does help in this. I fear that I’m going to feel these muscles again in the next days, but I just don’t care. The weather was very sunny and not too hot yet, I was running with my eyes fixed on the sky, my mind was free of music, people to talk with, everyday problems, and a nice side-effect was that I actually got several ideas for short stories to write (I was the first one surprised by this). I still don’t like running, yet if it’s from time to time, I’d probably be able to enjoy it at least a little.
So what is this all about? The fact that exercising is nothing static. There are periods during which I feel I don’t progress at all, just like the same happens in losing weight, and I’ve now learnt that it goes the same with sports, at least for me. I don’t know if it’s just me, if it’s a normal process, if it’s because we have our high and lows in exercising like in everything else. However, I’m glad to finally be able to acknowledge that perseverance is a key here. It’s one thing to read it on the web or in books and magazine… it’s another one to realize it oneself, and I’m of these people who need to have their lightbulb moments. There it was, finally!
I’m really feeling too sore this morning to go running, so I’ll do aerobics instead to do different moves, but if tomorrow or Tuesday the wetaher stays that nice, I may very well go back at 6 or 7 am. The atmosphere is so peaceful, especially if I run in the forest, when there are no people or cars around.
