My Life is Adventure

Starting to Exercise

I began exercising on Monday this week. On my first “outing” I decided I would run from my front door…around a school (about three block away)…and back home. As I neared the school it was apparent to me that I was not going to be able to run the entire distance. My knees and calves were throbbing, and my rapid breathing could not keep up with my oxygen needs. From that point, I adopted a pattern of walk one, run one for each block I ran (four around the school and three back home. By the time I reached my front door my head and ears were also throbbing painfully. I went inside, continued moving around the house for about 15 minutes while I cooled down, and then did some stretching. It was 30 minutes before the throbbing in my head began to slow down. I called in sick to work the next day.

The next day, after sleeping in (it turns out 8:20am is about all the “sleeping in” you can do with a 15 month old in the house) and a leisurely morning, I decided to have another go at it…fast walking pace only. My muscles are sore from the previous day, but it feels good to be moving. The entire trip (same path as Monday) took about 25-30 minutes.

I took Wednesday off. My goal for the week is to exercise 4-5 times. The weather forecast for the weekend will make this a challenge. Unfortunately, this probably means that we’ll have to put off starting Tennis until next week sometime.