Today was hot and overcast all day with, yet again, the
threat of rain gloomily hung over head. Several times throughout the day it
sprinkled just long enough to increase the humidity and make the heat almost
unbearable. Around 3PM I became
convinced it wasn’t going to rain anymore and I decided to head out in the
steam and high temperature for my daily exercise.
Let me also just say right here how hard it was to run
today. Not hard as in physical, I mean,
that it was a mentally hard day to get out the door and to convince myself to
just do it. With all the gloom it would
have been a perfect day to just sit on my couch and nap or watch TV. Why is it
that gray days seem to suck the life from you and ? Forcing my fat body out the door was a real
chore.
With the jog already feeling like a burden, I have to
admit that the first five minutes felt like I was running in a swimming
pool. There was also my sore muscles
from the heavy weight full body work out that I did yesterday at the gym. The jostling with every step brought a
reminder from my chest muscles and lats that I may have overdone it a little
bit.
Although my legs felt tight they didn’t hurt anywhere
near as bad as they did the first time I worked them out with heavy weights. Still when it came to moving my bulk, my pace
wasn’t all that great. I only maintained
a little less than four miles an hour pace.
It took me 47 minutes to complete my three miles.
Days like today I find extremely hard to motivate
myself. This blog is still serving as
external motivation for me. I am not
sure I would have ran today if I wasn’t being held accountable somehow.
My pace increased the longer my jog went and by the end I
felt pretty good.
Daily Recap:
Matt: 3 Mile Run in 47 minutes
Kelly: 30 min. am exercise
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