A new lifestyle is difficult to start and even more difficult to continue. When I told my wife I planned on starting each day with running for twenty minutes and Yoga for ten minutes she laughed.
She said I was too out of shape and I'll be tired for a month. I think she is right. I will be tired for a month but if I don't do something quick I will be tired for the rest of my life.
We live on the sixth floor but I have access to a large hall on the fourth floor for running. I started this Sunday running for twenty minutes and Yoga for ten minutes as soon as I wake up. I gargle, drink water and get right to running without looking at my phone.
It seems like a small thing but I already noticed some changes. I sweat a lot and had a lot of adrenaline going until lunch time.
After lunch I was tired and took a twenty minute nap. In the afternoon I was more alert and mentally more equipped and generally less stressed to handle situations. The kids were nuts today and had a wild west pillow fight but I was cool enough to let them be.
A bonus is that our elevator went out today. This means I will be doing a lot of stairs in addition to the running.
No amount of money can buy me good health. Maybe I can buy equipment or buy a trainer but when it all boils down to it, it's my responsibility to use what I have and get in shape.
Now it's 9pm Sunday night and my kids want to watch reruns together. I'm ready to call it a day and start again tomorrow at 6am.
It's been 14 years since I went running with this guy and probably the last time I actually did any decent running. My knees were a lot more bouncy then. I need keep an slow pace if I am going to keep this up for another 21 days.
Of I lose my will I remember the Eye of the Tiger.
