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javasaurus) wrote2009-08-19 10:30 am
javasaurus) wrote2009-08-19 10:30 am
Exercise note
I'm not the healthiest of individuals, but I am working on getting better. I count calories, I take the stairs, and my parking lot is a quarter-mile from my office. I eat my veggies and drink lots of water. I also drink too much coffee, and can be tempted by hot blueberry cobbler. A la mode. But I digress.
Until recently I haven't gotten adequate exercise. So in mid-June I started walking two to four times per week. Initially my path was about a three-fourths of a mile, which I gradually built up to 2.8 miles. (I've got a little map showing miles between streets in my neighborhood).
Then I decided to shift to jogging (that was late July). I even bought appropriate shoes. This meant dropping the path back to 1.8 miles, but I was jogging about 20% of it. You'd think the legs, or lungs, or heart would be the first to complain, but it was actually the "love-handles" -- I guess being jounced against the ribs caused some irritation.
As of yesterday, I was up to 80% of the trip as jogging, and I hope to get that to all jogging by week's end, then work up the mileage from there.
Until recently I haven't gotten adequate exercise. So in mid-June I started walking two to four times per week. Initially my path was about a three-fourths of a mile, which I gradually built up to 2.8 miles. (I've got a little map showing miles between streets in my neighborhood).
Then I decided to shift to jogging (that was late July). I even bought appropriate shoes. This meant dropping the path back to 1.8 miles, but I was jogging about 20% of it. You'd think the legs, or lungs, or heart would be the first to complain, but it was actually the "love-handles" -- I guess being jounced against the ribs caused some irritation.
As of yesterday, I was up to 80% of the trip as jogging, and I hope to get that to all jogging by week's end, then work up the mileage from there.
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But it's good for me, and I have enough experience to know my limits. I'm just out of practice!