It is Freaking Hot!

HOT

Getting a little better, slowly, 24:56 for my two miles today.

Ugh, The heat was almost unbearable today. I like to run in the mid-day heat but this was too much, I felt nauseous after. Enough of that though,

I went running today even though I did not really want to go. That is a good sign. I suspect another few weeks and it will be habit and I will miss it if I do not go. I need to telly that it is a hard thing to get back to it after some time.

I want to expand this time to include other kinds of workouts. When marathoning, it feels as though the rest of me gets ignored.

I have some strethcy bands and free weights. I will make something with those....

Did I tell you I hate the gym, I mean loathe like cooked, snot dripping orca loathe.

I need to change this mind set if I am gonna do myself any good at all.!

I think that I am getting ready for my first reward for running, after a week of it I am giving myself a new pair of running glasses. All the ones I have are horrible. We'll keep it near 25 bucks so I don't break the bank. I am also thinking of reloading music in the MP3 player.

Anyhow, on the trail back, one step at a time, PS weight was 194 today, Goal is 162.5 with a window of 160-165 Lbs.

The Day After

Oh how the might have fallen. Not that I was ever mighty, but it was not so long ago that the idea of going out and running two miles was followed often by the thought "It is not even long enough to bother getting dressed." Arrogance, perhaps, ingratitude, maybe, regardless I am not there anymore. I could no more run a 10K than fly to the moon. Agin I put the shoes on and went out the door. I improved my time from yesterday by a little. 26:14 today. After yesteday the run and Ultimate last night, today just hurt.





I am tempted to put on one of those Marathon Medals and wear it today just to remind my self that hard work and persistance can put me back in physical shape.


I would like a slightly different approach this time, I like to run, make no mistake. But I want to be better overall fit that I was a s a marathoner. This might mean some weights and strength training which for me, is like chewing glass. I may look into Yoga as well, there appears to be a component of the Yoga which is spiritual based and may provide some balance to the running.


I will run distance again, but not yet, not when I can not run a mile again.



Boy oh Boy, the price I pay for addicitions.....sheesh!

Curtai Out.

WOW It has been too long!

26:18 for a 5K , that would not be too bad for a guy coming off of a long layoff. However the time was for 2 lousy miles! Now do not go thinking I am beating myself up because I am not. 2 miles is more than I have run in months.

You see I sort of quit running altogether. Exercise in general stopped. You see, the same addictive personality that drives me to do things like Marathons, when applied to other activities becomes equally consuming.

I was, and for the moment still am, consumed with a video game World of Warcraft, or as its players call it WOW, the TV watchers near cousin, although there is a modicum of interaction and the characters may be a bit more entertaining as they are driven by people, the fact remains , that I would sit on my ass for hours on end running a mouse. Killing the shit out of monsters to get one more level, to get, one more item........

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Antonidas&n=Chaniqua

WOW is set up like a slot machine if you will where each kill is accompanied with a drop that has a chance to improve your character. which in turn you can kill bigger monsters for items that will improve your character. Brilliant, with the backdrop of Warcraft, particularly alluring to me, the game draws you in with a combination of great graphics, personalized characters and this incremental improvement loop that has over 9 million people playing.

I gave the game my time, my attention, my money, my effort and it cost me my athleticism, time with family and loss of productivity on the job. Not a great trade.

Funny, I knew going in it would cost me, I just was not sure how much. My intention was to control it, but as with any of my addicitions, who am I kidding when it comes to control.

I suppose I can obsess about pixels on a crt and getting to 85DPS, or I can obsess about clicking a 19:59 5K, the latter certainly appeals to the athlete that has too long been still.

Curtai

AKA

Chaniqua Level 70 Night Elf Hunter,

Antonidas Realm.
2 miles 26:18

At least my foibles are amusing in hindsight.