In conjunction with the last post where I talked about wanting to run and stuff...
Treadmills were rough on the knees... and the back... after the inflamed disk, I've been VERY cautious with anything that caused an impact on my joints (read: I haven't walked or been on a treadmill or used anything other than an elliptical in a very long time.
Until last night.
Last night I did a 15 minute warm up and cool down on the treadmill... I signed up to do the Nashville Color Run in March and I figured I needed my body to start getting ready for it.
Today? NO PAIN!!!!!
I mean other than the aches from an early morning Zumba class ;)
1.13.2013
1.10.2013
13 Pounds and Running
So random, right?
I hit a milestone that I'm still uncomfortable really talking about in just under 13 pounds... how that for vague? But I told myself a few months ago that about 13 pounds from now, that when I start trying to run again. It's about 45 pounds off of my 5'6" frame (I'm down 33.2 as of right now) which (according to "them") is like taking 135 pounds off of my knees...
I may have fought myself from using an explicative in my head just then (sorry Mom and Dad)
I think that's the first time I've done that calculation and I realized what that total calculation will be in the end... *phew*...
Back to running... I've always been determined to do it. I've attempted and stopped a few times in the last couple of years (shin splints, laziness, knees); but this time I really want to get it going. I've read lots and lots of articles and I've realized that it's one of the most effective workouts and frankly, I feel like runners are the epitome of healthy.
Don't ask me why I think that... it doesn't even make sense in my own mind... I think maybe I've been jealous for years of all of those people that put on a pair of shoes and just go.............
I'm trying to convince myself that I can be down those pounds in the next month if I really buckle down, and then I run.
Who's with me?
I hit a milestone that I'm still uncomfortable really talking about in just under 13 pounds... how that for vague? But I told myself a few months ago that about 13 pounds from now, that when I start trying to run again. It's about 45 pounds off of my 5'6" frame (I'm down 33.2 as of right now) which (according to "them") is like taking 135 pounds off of my knees...
I may have fought myself from using an explicative in my head just then (sorry Mom and Dad)
I think that's the first time I've done that calculation and I realized what that total calculation will be in the end... *phew*...
Back to running... I've always been determined to do it. I've attempted and stopped a few times in the last couple of years (shin splints, laziness, knees); but this time I really want to get it going. I've read lots and lots of articles and I've realized that it's one of the most effective workouts and frankly, I feel like runners are the epitome of healthy.
Don't ask me why I think that... it doesn't even make sense in my own mind... I think maybe I've been jealous for years of all of those people that put on a pair of shoes and just go.............
I'm trying to convince myself that I can be down those pounds in the next month if I really buckle down, and then I run.
Who's with me?
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