How I tricked myself into actually liking running against all odds
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How I tricked myself into actually liking running against all odds
本帖最後由 geemong 於 2021-4-25 15:31 編輯
How I tricked myself into actually liking running against
all odds
Until last week, โปรโมชั่น slotxo the only time I’d finished a race was during Track and
Field Day in fifth grade. By middle school, I was trying to figure out how to get out
of gym class because it was too hard for me to run a mile. Sports, in general,
were not my thing. Running, less so.
As an adult, I have gone to the gyms, taken exercise classes and worked with trainers.
But none of it ever brought me joy, or made me want to keep doing such things.
The most sustained exercise I did in the past decade was a regimen of deep knee
bends with a colicky baby in my arms after my first kid was born.
Then lockdowns came along, and I surprised everyone in my house, especially myself,
by signing up to join a local running group which had moved from holding local meetups
to checking in with each other virtually. Because it was exercise I could do alone,
the conditions were ideal.
But for a newcomer to running, the notion that you can just throw on a pair of sneakers
and hit the road turns out to be a big, fat lie, I assume created by people who started
running after giving up soccer or basketball.
Every time, I have to push myself to run that horrible first minute. I get breathless.
Muscles I didn’t know I had now ache like I never thought possible. I feel self-conscious
when a neighbour spots me bouncing down the street. And yet, I stick with it. I can now
run 20 minutes in a row, and they are not all horrible.
Here were a few of the things I learned that have helped me to get out the door –
and keep going even when I would much rather stop for an infusion of iced coffee. |
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