Yesterday evening I headed out for a jog. It's been weeks. I needed to get back on the horse, so to speak. It went well-just under 2 miles in just under 15 minutes. I'm glad I went out. After sitting around on my ass over christmas using my mouth as a dustbin, I notice those extra pounds around the waistline.
I got an email from Jack today. She said she was going to try and head for a jog but it was extremely windy in Galway. She asked if it was ok if she ran in the gym and was thinking of signing up for 3 months or so.
Busy at work, I quickly responded and said from my experience 1/2 a mile outside will stand to you like 1 and a half indoors and I adviced that she runs outside.
I was thinnking afterwards that I should not have responded like so. The gym is so much better than no training-which will probably be the case for Jack this evening. Also, she is starting out running, back after many years...it's dark, it's winter and she will be running on my own. Maybe the gym is exactly what she needs to build up her basic fitness and confidence. What do you think?
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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About three hundred years ago I started running in the gym to build up my confidence to run outside. If I wanted to stop in the gym I could just step off the machine whilst outdoors I had to run back.
As a result the very first time I ran outdoors I managed an hour and felt very good about it.
When I started running again 2 years ago I had no gym and started from scratch. My distance gradually increased but probably not as fast as in the gym.
If I had the choice I would have started in the gym again. Don't know why, just a feeling.
Thanks Laura. I emailed Jack today to tell her to get her ass down to the gym :-) ok so i probably put it abit better than that.
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