i ran for the first time today in a long time. i’ve been walking around the lake, working up to running again. knee was fine. but man, i am out of shape. it happens so quickly! felt good, though. and i ran with kelly, a new friend. the goal is to regularly run around the 3.5 mile loop with ease. i wonder how long it will take to work up to that again? running today made me miss jessica and roxanna in portland.
today, i made a conscious effort to ignore the “should” whispers. i should be doing some more research. i should be in the studio. i should take a nap. i should be exploring more. i should cook more. i should be working on that website, or that project, or contact that person. instead, i woke up when i woke up, felt more relaxed. and i’ll try again tomorrow. i don’t want to make bad habits for myself with this transition. i have a tendency to go overboard and forget to eat lunch or take a break and pee. i’m slooowing down, with some good effort.
running is good and balance is REALLY good. balance in life, i mean. 🙂
I am so glad you are running with your friend Kelly!! Good job on the bouldering! Shoulda, coulda, woulda…don’t even go there!!! I miss running with you too.
Good job!
Vanquishing the ‘shoulds’ is really hard work. There are enough of them in life without making more. Congrats on the run.
*hands kellyrae a laser gun*
ZAP those damn “shoulds”– zap’em to cinders. You are doing everything right and everything is happening just as it supposed to. It’s all good.
~bluepoppy
i once heard that your body loses muscle/fitness/tone twice as fast as it takes to build it. doesn’t that stink? good luck though – i am impressed!!!! you will get there and it will feel good along the way, right?