It has been a bit of this and that for exercising lately. More like, what is happening or where can I go in this short time. My job is on the 3rd floor and it has 4 flights of stairs to get there. I make sure I go up and down a min. of 4 times a day, 32 trips. AND I have started to lightly run up the stairs. I play Chariots of Fire in my head as I ascend. I make it up 3 flights before my panting is just too much. I stand on the stairs panting hoping no one comes out and sees me. And hoping my heart is getting stronger and stronger.
Then I did a 5K about a week ago that turned into 6 miles for the day. It was a gorgeous day and I just didn't want to go inside. My grand daughter and her parents joined me for a crazy time walking and running. There must have been 4000 people there. Wall to wall people running, walking with strollers and walking with dogs. What a mixture. It was a great place for learning to be versatile while running a race.
I have taken to parking my car on one end of town and walking to my destination. Tomorrow morning I am having a work breakfast. I will drop my car at the office. Go up the 4 flights of stairs to drop off my belongings. Then walk to the restaurant several blocks away.
Today I was determined to find a place to park my car and go for a bike ride on one of the many great paths around here. I hit the 777 on the machine and had a big payoff. The trail I found (Spring Creek Trail) was awesome. It was so cool. It rambled up and down, across bridges and twisted and turned. It was great to get back in the swing again. I biked out for a while and then came upon a picnic area. Had a sandwich and orange then took off to explore another trail. I discovered it would take me several miles toward home.
Then back to my car. I really noticed the ride and knew it was the first of the season. I must tell you pumping up my tires was an experience. It took forever. I pumped and pumped until it finally reached 60psi. I decided that would be good enough. Maybe I should invest in a plug in pump and just use the car battery to do this.
All in all, I am tired but a good tired and loved my first day back on the trails on my bike. I am hoping to do more miles next time and I will start taking pics again. I got real close to the mountains today and it was awesome. I am thinking I need a new phone so I can take better pics. Maybe it is time for a smart phone. I will probably do something about it this year.
Suddenly I seem to be dreaming about ways to exercise. Planning levels of exercise. I know I want to really create an awesome body but I do have a problem with application of the dreams. I am applying but not enough to make the changes I want to make. Sometimes I think I am slow at this because there are things going on inside me that have to be finished before I can go full force. I hope these aren't all excuses but me tuning into my body. I am practicing my visualization and changing my belief systems. It has taken so long to get to this place that sometimes I wonder if I have taken too long and this body is not capable of doing what I want it to do. Then other times I poo paw that is garbage and I can do it. I just hope that real positive part of me becomes the inner leader of my life.
I just reread this. Quite a rambling mess. Not so author like. But sometimes I just feel like I want to speak the way I think. Ops, maybe I shouldn't have revealed just how jumbled my thoughts can be.
Buen Camino
b
Then I did a 5K about a week ago that turned into 6 miles for the day. It was a gorgeous day and I just didn't want to go inside. My grand daughter and her parents joined me for a crazy time walking and running. There must have been 4000 people there. Wall to wall people running, walking with strollers and walking with dogs. What a mixture. It was a great place for learning to be versatile while running a race.
I have taken to parking my car on one end of town and walking to my destination. Tomorrow morning I am having a work breakfast. I will drop my car at the office. Go up the 4 flights of stairs to drop off my belongings. Then walk to the restaurant several blocks away.
Today I was determined to find a place to park my car and go for a bike ride on one of the many great paths around here. I hit the 777 on the machine and had a big payoff. The trail I found (Spring Creek Trail) was awesome. It was so cool. It rambled up and down, across bridges and twisted and turned. It was great to get back in the swing again. I biked out for a while and then came upon a picnic area. Had a sandwich and orange then took off to explore another trail. I discovered it would take me several miles toward home.
Then back to my car. I really noticed the ride and knew it was the first of the season. I must tell you pumping up my tires was an experience. It took forever. I pumped and pumped until it finally reached 60psi. I decided that would be good enough. Maybe I should invest in a plug in pump and just use the car battery to do this.
All in all, I am tired but a good tired and loved my first day back on the trails on my bike. I am hoping to do more miles next time and I will start taking pics again. I got real close to the mountains today and it was awesome. I am thinking I need a new phone so I can take better pics. Maybe it is time for a smart phone. I will probably do something about it this year.
Suddenly I seem to be dreaming about ways to exercise. Planning levels of exercise. I know I want to really create an awesome body but I do have a problem with application of the dreams. I am applying but not enough to make the changes I want to make. Sometimes I think I am slow at this because there are things going on inside me that have to be finished before I can go full force. I hope these aren't all excuses but me tuning into my body. I am practicing my visualization and changing my belief systems. It has taken so long to get to this place that sometimes I wonder if I have taken too long and this body is not capable of doing what I want it to do. Then other times I poo paw that is garbage and I can do it. I just hope that real positive part of me becomes the inner leader of my life.
I just reread this. Quite a rambling mess. Not so author like. But sometimes I just feel like I want to speak the way I think. Ops, maybe I shouldn't have revealed just how jumbled my thoughts can be.
Buen Camino
b
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