This morning was a tough morning to get out of bed. I think a late night 2 nights ago and plenty of stress at work were weighing into my sleepiness. Anyway after two snooze buttons I got out of bed and found it was raining but if I was up I may as well go anyway, so I set off and found the rain a welcome companion.
I don't know if they taught this in any other PE classes but at my school they taught us that when you run you should breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth because it would be more efficient or some other garbage like that. Needless to say I sucked down as much air as I could when I ran because I was out of shape and I didn't care one bit about "in through the nose, out through the mouth, in through the nose out through the..." it was more a matter of opening my mouth as wide as I could and gulping it down just to survive and there never seemed to be enough oxygen (there is even less here in Utah than back home because of the altitude.) The down side to the rain is that it seemed to stimulate about a hundred trillion million bugs. So I am sure you can put 1 and 1 together, I ran through swarm of these things and lets just say I had my protein for the day, all 100% of it. So the real PE lesson is "In through the nose, out through the mouth so the bugs don't get in!" If my teachers had of been honest to begin with I would have believed them and run in that fashion. Who wants to swallow bugs, apparently not PE teachers.
Good run though and and I pushed myself to run with better form (after all, it is all for looks, right?) and to not take rests. On the same route a week or so ago I found that I had to stop about 3 times to walk (maybe even 4 but I don't remember,) today I stopped at the half way point then ran it home. I used different markers to run to and then keep going. I am not sure how long my body is going to keep believing the lies my brain is telling it..."oh, just run past that tree then walk for a bit." My brain is laughing at my body the whole way knowing it has not intention of stopping to walk.
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Hey Andrew- I'm proud of you for your desire to achieve a healthy lifestyle. I myself have been becoming more aware of what I need to do to be healthy. I have a few books that may be of interest to you. Clark has probably told you that I'm always talking about Dr. Oz. Well, I do, but it's because he just makes sense. I've read his book You:The Owner's Manual, and Clark has read a lot of his book You: On a Diet. They are both good. Another book you might want to consider is called The Culprit and the Cure by Steven G. Aldana. He's a professor at BYU, and it basically tells you what all the research in the world has shown about a healthy lifestyle. It's pretty interesting. Good luck with your endeavors. It's always easier when other people know what you're doing and you have their support.
I hope you don't mind that I added you to my blog posse.
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