As you may have seen I am doing a spot of running to improve my health, may me feel good, lose a bit of weight etc. I'm up to over 25 minutes of decent running now and running 2-3 times a week so that's a good start. I read in a Men's Health book (what great presents you get when you are over 40) that exercise is good for you (surprise!) and that one of the upsides is it relieves depression. Wrong. It creates depression. I am depressed at my lack of stamina and my aching legs.
The good thing about running outdoors and not staring at your repulsive sweaty body in the gym mirror is that the scenery changes. Otherwise I just watch the time/calorie counter, heart rate monitor in the gym. Or a nice blonde with a slightly slack sports bra on the machine next to me. It still gets tedious so, apart from taking on step at a time, here's how I advise coping:
* pretend to kick small dogs that get in your way. A rugby style conversion is good or perhaps just hover your foot over as it crashes down inches from its puny body. Nice.
* avoid big dogs with slobbery jowls. Especially if they are on heat
* get behind that woman with the nice buttocks and try and make it look like you're not following her. Tricky one this.
* try and think about what you thought about the last time you ran.
* try to think about what you are going to think about the next time you run.
* look at your watch to see how far behind your personal best you are.
* if you are being followed by one of those fit bastards who may show you up, change course to throw him off the scent.
* quickly jump in and out of the shower before you set off to make it look like you've already been running for 45 minutes so your snail like speed is acceptable.
If you do all this the time will fly by.
Posted by grahame at May 27, 2004 12:51 PM | TrackBackhave you tried praying ?
Posted by: funkypancake at May 28, 2004 12:38 PMI have but its a bit of pain carrying a mat when you are running.
Posted by: Grahame at May 30, 2004 07:58 AM