Wow - the world turned insane since my last post. We’re 6 months into a pandemic. 6 months into not really going anywhere - working from home, no gyms, no going out, not much of anything. I spent the first two months dealing with some really tough situations and work, and adapting to this weird new life by drinking and eating too much, and going for really really long walks and doing yoga and thinking it was all going to get back to normal soon. Then I accepted that it wasn’t getting back to normal any time soon, so I stopped drinking too much, started tracking what I was eating and started doing a bit more strength training including a brief flirtation with a boot camp class in the park that wasn’t designed for 50 year olds and made me feel bad about myself. There was a brief period where OTF had outside classes when I could go, so I did that for a few weeks, then they changed their schedule and I had to re-cancel my membership. Work continued to be really hard and not what I wanted. I kept walking a ton - over 200 miles a month. Wore my shoes down to nothing.
Lost 10lbs getting me to probably my lowest weight in 10 years.Monday, September 7, 2020
Feeling like a runner again
Then I decided to quit my job and restart my consulting business and it felt like a weight had lifted and all things were possible. Yeah, the pandemic is still raging. The country is a mess. The economy is a disaster and everything really is pretty terrible, but I feel more in control and hopeful. And I saw a post from a distant connection talking about how she was using the Nike Run Club guided runs and it caught me at just the right moment so I tried it. And its just what I needed. I’m about two weeks in, and I’m running every other day at least, and I’m varying my workouts, and it’s feeling good! I’m not pushing too hard. I’m not doing too much. My foot feels ok. I’m slow - and I’m ok with that. I don’t have a goal other than getting outside and moving. And I’m ok with that too. I still do have my goal for the year which is to run an 8 minute mile (I did an 8:15 in January), so I’m working towards that. And still walking a ton.
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