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For the first time since last fall!

Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine

I ran a mile today in the heat.  I was quite proud of myself. I started slow but was force to go faster because the deer flies were vicious today.  It was hard to outrun them but at least they gave me a good workout...  


I will try to make this a daily thing.  I am sure all the neighbors look forward to seeing me.  I am wondering if it will motivate them to walk or run or to at least get outside. Usually it does but time will tell.  


God Bless


SoaringEagle
SoaringEagle
That is great, Bobinmaine!
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
Thanks Eagle. Yes, I stopped last fall when I got busy with work and every time I tried to start up again, I procrastinated. The sad part was that in the time I was doing no exercise, I put on about 20 pounds so that made it even harder to start back up again.

I would tell myself, I need to lose the weight before I can run again, or risk doing damage to my knees but it doesn't work that way. I needed to do both at the same time.
Ghostwolf04
Ghostwolf04
Wow idk how you did it! I've never been able to run a mile in my life! Not without taking breaks anyway.
I went for a walk Tuesday in the heat, about 2 miles. I bout collapsed when I got home. Lots of hills in my neighborhood lol. It was so hot even my dog, Daisy didn't want to come!
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
It was hot here also.... I try not to over do it in the heat. I sometimes go shirtless and I wear the lightest, thinnest shorts I have which is like wearing nothing at all. That's all I wear plus shoes and socks. I also stay well hydrated. I wear glasses so I have to wear a terry headband so I can see where I am going.

There use to be a time...many years ago....when I could barely jog the distance between two telephone poles but I just kept doing it every day and after a few weeks, I would add another telephone pole to my overall distance and that way, I could see my progress much in the same way that you are able to notice your progress when you feel like yhou can lift another 5 pounds so you add the extra weight and that makes you proud of your accomplishments and motivates you to stick with it.

Although I have spent a little time in the gym, I was never physically strong but I had alot of stamina which translated in to other areas of my life like having enough energy to do projects around the house after working all day and also with other things, so I would tend to focus more on cardio.

Be careful in that heat. I know it gets alot hotter where you are then where I am.
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