It was not catastrophic! I will be trying to keep this up and to keep pushing myself in it.
I ran about 1.3 miles. It's about 86 degrees out and humid. Although it was more pleasant than being in the apartment. That was until my body was all, "NONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" That happened after about a mile. It made my planned sprint for the final blog into more of a mildly-efforted-faster-jog.
And when I got home, I thought that if I didn't die in the next five minutes, I'd probably be killing everyone instead.
But neither came to pass and I drank some water and stretched.
During the jog I noticed a cardinal hanging out in a Smooth Sumac on the Western Prom. As I passed by the bottom of the cemetery, there was some intense animal (I hope) grappling going on in the bushes. My instincts say it was a pair of squirrels but that's mostly because I couldn't bear the idea of it being two small zombies.
I came home and signed up for the site walkjogrun. They do cool things like measure the distance of your route, plot calories and allow you to time it out. My timing in this case (18 minutes) is an estimate because I have no idea how long it was.
I was spurred to jog for a number of reasons. As a desk jockey, I barely get any exercise. I bike to work but it's a pretty short ride, so it's probably not that good for knocking down calories. I walk as often as possible to places across the peninsula, but that's not required all that often AND WHEN IT IS it's generally to some establishment of high caloric intake.
I've also recently been cutting back on drinking, so that should help.
This change has come from three sources; 1) My first doctor's appointment in some 8 years revealed I'm now at 205 pounds and the doctor suggested I exercise; 2) The lovely lady has been (gently) suggesting I get some exercise and eat a little healthier for a while, now, and it's about time I listened; 3) I've been telling myself the same thing, although less insistently.
Day Two will be Wednesday. I will endeavor to further my distance by circling around the block, I think.
