The weather is so nice here today. 60 degrees, sun is out, light breeze. So I went for a walk outside. Normally I don’t do any exercises on the weekends, as its my time off, but I felt compelled. It’ll help balance out my slip up earlier this week, though that’s not what motivated me to do it. Its just SO nice outside.
So I walked the same thing I did the very first day I decided to start working out. Why did I go walking in the middle of January in Wisconsin? Yes, perhaps its because I’m crazy. The real reason, I tried to get the treadmill working and it wouldn’t work. Not sure exactly what was wrong with it, as it worked fine the next day. So my next thought was to walk in circles inside my garage. After a few times around, I felt like it was counter productive and I’d probably go insane doing it. So walking outside it was. It had snowed the day before, so there was still snow covering most the sidewalks. So I walked on the road. It took a lot out of me. I hadn’t worked out in anyway in…a long time, lol. My legs hurt, my feet hurt, my ankle hurt, I had worked up quite the sweat under my jacket.
Today was the first time I’d walked it since. It took me about half the time. My feet, legs, and ankle were sore, but after 5 to 10 minutes for them to relax and it was gone. It actually felt good.
Which made me think again about how crazy the human body is. How it responds when you push it and train it. I do stuff now that probably would have figuratively killed me back in January. If I’d be able to even do them at all. It helps to put things in perspective, and gives me hope for the future. It also keeps me motivated, I don’t want to go back to how I was, how out of shape I was, how unmotivated I was. I just need to keep at it, and I’ll achieve the goals I have set for myself. It might not be as quickly as I want, but I know its attainable with time. That’s a comforting thing to know.
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