1 - A high school reunion is an excellent motivator.
2 - Oddly, Lady Antebellum has a better walking/running rhythm than Daughtry.
Glee is good for interval training, though.
3 - The sillier you look doing a particular muscle group sequence, the more effective it is.
I hope.
4 - Lunges will never be fun, or even bearable for more than a few steps. (My lower back and pelvic tilt testify to this one loudly.)
5 - Alternating side squats work fairly well as a replacement for lunges, and fortunately they look even sillier.
6 - Other joggers will look at you, smile, exchange a greeting; people who are 'exercising' by walking their dog refuse to make eye contact on the off-chance that 'running' is as contagious as 'the plague'.
7 - My body has decided that exercise is a good thing. (Traitor.) My brain still disagrees, but goes along with my body grudgingly.
8 - Not much is worse than discovering you've forgotten your keys and locked yourself out of the house with no phone, no wallet, no open windows, and no access to your largely (and currently) absent housemate. Not much is better than realizing the keys were in your jacket pocket the whole time and were, in fact, the thing that was banging against your leg earlier when you were running.
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Got any tips, additional lessons learned, or playlist recommendations?
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2 comments:
I completely agree about the eye contact from fellow runners and the major avoidance from others. What's that about?!
I'd suggest "Shut Up and Let Me Go" by the Ting Tings, and (believe it or not) "Madame Guillotine" from Scarlet Pimpernel :)
I don't know about the eye contact thing, but we live in an overly friendly community where everyone says "hello" or "good morning" while running, so it's hard for me to say what's normal.
What I do know, is after running for a year now (I can't believe it either), I definitely feel better and have more energy on the days I do run than on my rest days. Oh, and running with a large dog keeps questionable people further away.
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