So yeah. We went running on Tuesday. What a joke that was. I'm in much worse shape than I thought I was. I was telling myself beforehand, "Oh, you go hiking all the time, and do the exercise bike a few times a week. It won't be that bad." Yeah, right.
I basically can only run about 60 seconds before my throat/lungs are on fire, and I feel like I want to die. We're using this running program called "Couch to 5k", which starts you out doing just that...you run for 60 seconds, and then walk for 90. Over and over. It was much, much harder than I thought it would be. I'm going to keep slogging away at it, and hope that I show improvement over time...after all, I almost died the first time I went hiking, and I'm better at that now. We'll see how it goes...
Seriously, though, man. How did I let myself get this way? I'm not really overweight...just horrifically out of shape. I don't think I've been running since middle school. I'm kind of mad at myself, actually, for allowing myself to get so run down.
I basically can only run about 60 seconds before my throat/lungs are on fire, and I feel like I want to die. We're using this running program called "Couch to 5k", which starts you out doing just that...you run for 60 seconds, and then walk for 90. Over and over. It was much, much harder than I thought it would be. I'm going to keep slogging away at it, and hope that I show improvement over time...after all, I almost died the first time I went hiking, and I'm better at that now. We'll see how it goes...
Seriously, though, man. How did I let myself get this way? I'm not really overweight...just horrifically out of shape. I don't think I've been running since middle school. I'm kind of mad at myself, actually, for allowing myself to get so run down.