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.

[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.

[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.