ahh, that's the stuff.

[moominmolly]

I'd forgotten how some good morning exercise makes me feel serene for the rest of the day. It was lovely out this morning, and although it was hard to get out of bed, once fanw showed up and I was out the door, the weather was a real treat.

I was still a bit sore from Sunday's jogging and jumping on the crazy stilts -- turns out, that's a hell of a workout. I find that even though I don't think I get the runner's-high endorphin rush that people talk about, I do love the post-workout feeling. I even (especially) love the soreness that comes from a workout that was too hard for me. However, I shouldn't learn to expect that soreness after every workout. I am not THAT much of an exercise masochist, and anyway, that's a surefire route to injury for me at the moment, it seems.

Running is forcing me to be sane. I am finding that if I do too much too quickly, I have asthma-like breathing problems. (Yes, I will be seeing a doctor.) But if I work up slowly, everything feels a lot better. It's a bit frustrating to have lost most of the spring's running training over the summer, but that's just incentive to work back up again and be better.

Ah! Ah, god! I love the feeling of working out on the tail end of soreness! It makes everything smooth.

Comments

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Yay movement!

Apparently exercise-induced asthma is pretty common. Personally if I keep my mouth warm (scarf or such) it happens much less often.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

I usually have very mild cold- and exercise-induced asthma -- it totally runs in my family -- but for some reason, it's much worse right now. Is it because I'm out of shape? No idea. I hope it goes away, but in the mean time, what do I do?

[montacute.livejournal.com]

well, i think you go to see the doctor ASAP, as you were planning to do. :)

and if she gives you albuterol and tells you to whiff it before exercising, and to carry it with you in case of need, you do that.

but you really know the drill about this already, don't you?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Oh, sure. I am acutely aware of all of the details about the drill, as you surmised. I'm just miffed that my heretofore very mild asthma has actually become something I have to deal with.

[goat.livejournal.com]

I discovered yesterday that morning exercise makes me jittery and kinda manic. I wish I got serenity like you do!

[ivorjawa.livejournal.com]

Have you heard of this "Chi Running" concept? It's supposed to apply mindful principles the same way Total Immerson does for swimming, to running. We had a (short) workshop on it last night at track, but all we got to was balance and posture. It seems interesting, though. I'm going to buy the book today or tomorrow.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Huh! No, I hadn't heard of it. You should buy the book and tell me how it is!

Also, "at track"? You have practices? That is too great.

Also also, I miiiight make it out for the Treasure Island Tri in November.

[ivorjawa.livejournal.com]

Huh! No, I hadn't heard of it. You should buy the book and tell me how it is!

Bought it at lunch. It'll be my T Muni reading for the next week or so.

Also, "at track"? You have practices? That is too great.

It's a great program. We do track workouts on wednesday nights for speed, group swims in the pool on Friday, and bike-run bricks on Saturdays. Soon we'll be doing open water swims on the weekend. On sunday, he emails us with the details of our individual workouts during the week, and all the workouts are broken down into beginner, intermediate, and advanced. (I'm surprised that I've been doing the advanced workouts in ever discipline, even swimming.)
It breaks down to 2-3 each of swim, bike, run, and 2 weights sessions per week. Monday is the rest day.

Also also, I miiiight make it out for the Treasure Island Tri in November.

Awesome! Better register soon.
We did our first workout on the island on Saturday. It was dead flat, except for a short climb at the end of the bike loop, and the swim is a lot more sheltered than I thought it would be.

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

I'm really debating about Treasure Island -- $300 planefare + bike shipping + hotel + racing fee = an expensive tri. It doesn't seem worth it unless I go for the oly, and I'm not sure I'll be ready for an oly by then. On the other hand, if would make me SO happy, and if I work the trip in with grad apps, then the marginal cost is reduced. On the other hand, I have too many hands at this point and will stop frazzling in your journal.

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

You might be better off without it; I get runner's high, and it's kind of dangerous -- I'll feel my knee saying, "okay, this would be a good stopping point", but I don't want to stop. I've also pushed my cardiovasular system too hard and then had little left for cool-down, and gotten sick from blood-pressure drop afterwards. Endorphins are lying little buggers.

[doctordidj.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Ooh! You have Power-Skip stilts! I saw them for the first time in 2003, and I checked with the company in Germany and I was going to buy some, but then I figured I should learn plain stiltwalking first, and then life got busy and it fell off the end of the list. I still want some, but I still think I should try stiltwalking first.

Running is what destroyed my knees -- so no matter how much I like workouts, no more running for me. Have fun.

[montacute.livejournal.com]

...how some good morning exercise makes me feel serene for the rest of the day.

curiously, this is sort of how i feel about working on writing. even if it hurts my knees.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

I'm going to miss running before work.[1] It's like making the bed or eating a healthy breakfast: no matter what else happens during the day, it started well and I did something positive.

[1] At my old job I could get to work as late as 9.30, which meant I could run as long as an hour on weekdays. Ahh the luxury. New job starting time is 8 am (some coworkers get there as early as 6 am!). I'd have to get up at god-awful to get a decent run in, plus my stay-at-home spouse really wants to do his marathon training runs in the morning while I watch the baby.