by Brian

I realize now just how much of a plateau walking had become. Jogging the last three days has been absolutely brutal—as brutal as walking had been in the beginning.

One thing I need to do right now is get my diet back on track. Too many high-carb meals in the last couple of days; I made the mistake of stopping by a Lebanese bakery and getting a bag of amazing whole-wheat pita fresh out of the oven, and a cup of garlic sauce to dip it in. This has formed the bulk of my food intake over the last two days and it’s terrible. We made ravioli tonight, which was another complete fail as far as fitness goes.

I know you may have heard this before, but I REALLY didn’t want to run tonight. I kept putting it off and procrastinating and avoiding until I realized it was past 4 in the morning, and if I didn’t start soon, the sun would be coming up.

One advantage of switching to this running thing: The trips go a LOT quicker; I’m only at the “1 block” point right now, but it only takes 10-15 minutes to run it, including breaks.

I definitely made it further tonight. I ran almost the whole block without stopping. I couldn’t quite do it, and I stopped in the middle and walked about 50 feet. I think by the beginning of next week I’ll be able to run the entire block. This means I could theoretically run with my kids to their bus stop (to put it into perspective, they run to their bus stop every morning and get there in about 3 minutes flat. They put me to shame.)

Still, I don’t get discouraged anymore. It’s not a pretty sight, and I imagine if someone looked out at this fat man huffing and puffing and gasping for breath, they’d either be inclined to call the police or call the paramedics, thinking I was dying or something. I can’t imagine what this would be like if I had ever been a smoker or asthmatic or something.

I started thinking of all the things that would improve along with my endurance. Hopefully others will be able to share in the benefits of my increased stamina. Who knows where I’ll be in a month?

Tags: becoming a fine-tuned machine, Ever so slowly

Posted Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 5:02 am under Life. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.