So, Brooke and I are pretending to jog a few times a week, now. Jogging is one of those things that I’ve tried in the past, but it never really sticks. Back at Truman, when living one block away from the Rec Center, it was relatively easy to motivate myself to walk over and use the treadmill a few times a week. While most people I know don’t like running in place, finding it boring, I’ve never really had a problem with it. Unfortunately, we don’t have room for one in our apartment, so it isn’t really an option, and I refuse to spend money going to some sort of health club!
Anyway, Brooke had a membership to the Y for a few months, but hasn’t been going…so, she canceled that and now we’re going to try jogging on Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings. The truly crazy part about this is that I’m getting up at 7:00 am (!!!!) to participate in this insanity, which isn’t exactly typical Andy style. I’ve been waking up earlier and earlier in my old age, so I guess it’s to be expected.
Regardless, we’re lucky if we can jog for 5-6 minutes at this point…sad, I know…but you have to start somewhere! We’re hoping to keep this up until it gets truly cold, and maybe by that point, we’ll be good enough at it that we don’t mind jogging when it’s 30 F outside.
Personally, if we keep this up for even four weeks, I’ll be impressed!
You know… I’ve never been one for running in the cold. I always end up getting sick. That being said, like you I miss the rec center being so close. So I’ve been doing some reading and apparently if you wear a balaclava you can run on even the coldest of days and not risk ailment.
Myself… I’ll probably wear other clothing as well.
I started holidays this week and decided I would try to take up jogging. My best friend did a learn to run program this summer and is close to being able to do 5 miles. I did my first session on Monday. I ran for one minute, then walked for two, repeated 10 times (for a 30 minute session). I could manage this okay, and I hope to get in two more runs this week. Next week I’ll have to up the intervals–maybe run for two, walk for one. You can look up different programs like this on the Internet or join a Running Room club.
Good luck to you both!
I’m in disbelief that you’re getting up at 7 AM ! As I’ve said before, that wife of yours is such a good influence.