NSV - thanks to my dog...
So I have never ever in my life really run - I do my Zumba regularly, and I can walk/job a 5K without any problems.
I was stuck in the "can't run" mentality - I have just been afraid to let go and run. I had all the excuses - I'd look ridiculous (really? in a size 10/12? I don't think so!) - I am too old (ummm wrong) - my knees couldn't handle it (right - the knees can't handle running but they can handle high impact aerobics. LOL cop out excuse).
So I was out walking my dog and wasn't paying as much attention as I should have been, and all of a sudden the dogs pulls hard on the least and it flies out of my hand. I called her but she decided to run. I'm about 95% sure she would have come back if I had stayed put, but 5% is too much of a risk - so I started chasing her. She thought it was great fun - and she kept running, dragging the leash behind her. I finally caught her - and I realized I was at the top of the hill. and that's a very long steep hill!
LOL I should have known the Zumba would have increased my cardio stamina. But I didn't know I could run. So I went inside, switched into my walking shoes, and went for a run around the neighborhood with my dog - but this time I kept the leash wraped around my wrist to be extra careful!
I feel so good!
I was stuck in the "can't run" mentality - I have just been afraid to let go and run. I had all the excuses - I'd look ridiculous (really? in a size 10/12? I don't think so!) - I am too old (ummm wrong) - my knees couldn't handle it (right - the knees can't handle running but they can handle high impact aerobics. LOL cop out excuse).
So I was out walking my dog and wasn't paying as much attention as I should have been, and all of a sudden the dogs pulls hard on the least and it flies out of my hand. I called her but she decided to run. I'm about 95% sure she would have come back if I had stayed put, but 5% is too much of a risk - so I started chasing her. She thought it was great fun - and she kept running, dragging the leash behind her. I finally caught her - and I realized I was at the top of the hill. and that's a very long steep hill!
LOL I should have known the Zumba would have increased my cardio stamina. But I didn't know I could run. So I went inside, switched into my walking shoes, and went for a run around the neighborhood with my dog - but this time I kept the leash wraped around my wrist to be extra careful!
I feel so good!
Like the butterfly, I have the strength and the hope to believe
In time I will emerge from my cocoon... Transformed. Kirsti A. Dyer, MD, MS
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