February 23, 2006
My attempts at physical activity.
So a couple of days ago I decided running was the exercise for me. Nevermind the fact I’ve never actually went running before. Small insignificant detail. You put on your sneakers, open your front door, and set off. Easy peasy. Watch out world, here comes the next Most Amazing Runner Ever!
Me, the English bookworm whom has never been even close to being athletic.
Me, the girl who considers walking from class to class physical activity.
Me, the girl who hasn’t stepped foot in a gym since April, 2005.
Yeah. Brilliant idea, me.
I’m not going to lie, I walked whilst gasping for air more often than I actually ran.
A few things I learned today:
-I am badly out of shape.
-Central Ave past Attridge is busier than I thought. Damnit.
-Sidestitches really fucking hurt.
-I hate feeling like my lungs are bleeding.
-It’s probably a good idea to stretch first.
-It’s hard to enjoy nature when you’re concentrating on, you know, not dying.
But, don’t y’all worry, this girl is no quitter! Nope! I will run again, oh yes! You can help. Everyday ask me how my run was. Even better, join me!
Except don’t ask me how my run was until Sunday. I can’t go again until then. I swear I will though! Seriously!
And, actually, don’t join me. No one should have to witness the off key singing and booty shaking I did to my mp3 player tunes. Scary.
I really do hope I can keep it up. I need some sort of physical activity. At 5′8″ and 145 lbs, I am in fairly good shape considering I eat what I want and don’t currently get much, if any, exercise. However, with my 23rd birthday looming, having taken a Kinesiology class, and currently enrolled in both Nutrition and Health, I’ve learned it’ll all catch up to me and I’ll die young of a heart attack or some such thing if I don’t get a move on.
I’ll need encouragement and support though. Don’t forget! 
February 23rd, 2006 at 1:09 pm
AND on with the encouragement.
I have definitely never been even close to being athletic, and I definitely considering walking to class physical activity. Nevertheless, being in the lovely class HKIN 190 (aka: stupid PE class for university students), requires me to attend the gym.
And suprise surprise, the anti-gym “my metabolism is too high to bother working out” me ACTUALLY likes the gym. AND… I like running. I can attest to the fact that the first few times are terrible, but it gets better.
Do some strength training (weights and such) first, and leave cardio until the end… you have more energy that way!
Happy exercising!
February 23rd, 2006 at 1:13 pm
I went to the gym regularly when I lived in Regina, and I loved it. Then again I only lived half a block away from the YMCA.
I have a free membership the the PAC at U of S, it just seems like it’s never a good time to go. I hate people watching me work out (yes I know they’re not really WATCHING but you know!) so busy PAC equals me never going.
I suck.
February 23rd, 2006 at 1:32 pm
not watching?! why else would I go to the PAC? ah, I see. It’s creeps like me that make people not want to go. I’ll be conspicuous and wear sunglasses next time I’m riding one of those bikes
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:16 pm
hahaha- booty shaking is supposed to be something that we do NOT want to witness? what kind of boy would that make me?
February 23rd, 2006 at 9:57 pm
I tried running last summer.
I almost passed out on a street in Tisdale.
But I’ve been using my Elliptical Trainer my dad bought me for Christmas. I love it!
February 24th, 2006 at 11:39 am
I have just got back into running, and I can’t until the snow is gone and I can run outside without having to worry about breaking a leg, or a neck, or anything else that would break easily in a fall
Good luck with the running!
February 24th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Shoes are key, good shoes will really help alot.
There are some really good running groups through both the Running Room and Brainsport….
February 25th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
The Marine Corps loves to run! (I don’t -_-) For the first couple weeks just stick with a mile, you don’t have to run the whole thing, but you WILL complete that mile even if you have to crawl the last quarter. Running farther is more important than running faster, so don’t worry about breaking 09:00 for the first mile. Two weeks from now I want you to try 2 miles. If you want, I can run, post my times, and you can benchmark your progress that way.
Blame it on the Corps, but I’m all about helping others who want to PT
PT, PT everyday! Build my body the Marine Corps way!