In October, I started going to the gym a lot more regularly, at least 3 times per week and sometimes 4 or 5. In late November, I started running on the treadmill, which was rough going for a while. My shins really hurt, to the point where I could run for only a few minutes before I had to slow it down to a brisk walk. I decided to stick it out, though, and I figured I would just get used to it after a while.
I took a little break from the gym over the Christmas/New Year holidays, and finally got back into my more usual schedule last week. And you know what? My shins don't hurt anymore. I'm still taking it a little slowly, walking for about a quarter mile to warm up, jogging for half a mile, running for another quarter, walking for the next quarter, and so on, for about 30 minutes. I'm excited that it's getting easier (though sometimes I get an evil cramp in my side that I can't shake), and I think I'm on track for working my way up to longer (maybe 5-mile?) runs in the spring or summer. I am so proud of myself, which is a good, kind of unusual feeling. Yay me!
On a kind of related note, is it weird that I like the Thursday Power Abs class the best, not for any sensible reason, but because I love how the instructor says "ears"? When she says "Hands behind your ears," it gives me a giggly little thrill, every time. Something about the sibilance of the "s," the way she flattens the "r"...it's so damn cute. Yeah, I don't know. I like sounds.
Posted by thevieve at January 26, 2006 8:58 AMDa Mic Checker
That post made me think of an early 90's episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Tom Hanks where he played the roadie for Aerosmith in a Wayne's World skit.
He checked the levels of the scarf adorned microphone by saying, "sibilance .... sibilance".
Posted by: Bret on January 26, 2006 1:11 PM