Jogging #13: Blood, Toil, Sweat, But No Tears

[serinde]

I went running in Central Park today. This was, for some reason, much more difficult (physically) than the gym. I don't know if it was having to watch out for other traffic, the fact that I didn't have an actual route, the very un-level terrain, or a combination; but I was making heavy weather of it. The fact that my anklet got caught between my flesh and my shoe, and thus gouged a big bleeding hole in my heel, did not help much.

But, did it. I am not convinced I'm ready for the time upgrade, but maybe I'll try it slow-like tomorrow.

Down a half-pound this morning.

Comments

[otherwise-nyc.livejournal.com]

Running on pavement of any kind, with wind resistance, is *way* harder than running on a treadmill. If you stayed at your current level of exertion for a bit, I think that would still count as well done, even if you don't go up on time/speed stuff.

I'm so excited for you! Running is awesome. Do you know about a place called Title IX Sports? I hear they have good no-motion running bras. (online)

[erinfinnegan.livejournal.com]

I have found that running any new course takes some getting used to. Familiar routes always seem shorter for some reason. I think it's the way the brain works - if you're running somewhere for the first time you have to take in a ton of information, but if it's the millionth time you can think about a lot of other stuff instead.

I frequently ran the same route at my parents house because it "felt" shorter, even if was the same distance.