So I fell off my great trend. Sigh. It happens so quickly and easily. I got a cold and that was all I seemed to need to make me step away from exercise. I need to learn how to be more disciplined, because I feel oh-so-much better when I am regularly exercising.
At any rate, tonight I got back to the gym. I intended to use the treadmill, but after a warm-up fast walk and then going into a run, my knees were hurting. I stayed at it for a short time, backing off to a walk, and then back up to a run again, but the nagging pain persisted. I know my body well enough now to realize that running will NOT make the pain better. Yes, I can survive the pain, but what is the point? The next day they usually hurt pretty badly when I force myself to continue. So tonight I stepped off that pain machine and decided to try something else.
I walked over to the long-forgotten bike, climbed on, and ramped up the rpms till I was spinning 90-95. I kept up this pace for 30 minutes, ending up doing 8 miles for a 16mph average. Yes, a PR!!! (It feels good, yet so silly to tout about "PR's". I mean, I'm new at this. If I wasn't making PR's left and right, I would wonder why in the world I'd joined the gym, you know? "PR's" are for the seasoned athlete, who really truly has something to talk about. I should just go in my corner and get on my machine and sweat away for another year and THEN talk about PRs, huh?)
At any rate, tonight I got back to the gym. I intended to use the treadmill, but after a warm-up fast walk and then going into a run, my knees were hurting. I stayed at it for a short time, backing off to a walk, and then back up to a run again, but the nagging pain persisted. I know my body well enough now to realize that running will NOT make the pain better. Yes, I can survive the pain, but what is the point? The next day they usually hurt pretty badly when I force myself to continue. So tonight I stepped off that pain machine and decided to try something else.
I walked over to the long-forgotten bike, climbed on, and ramped up the rpms till I was spinning 90-95. I kept up this pace for 30 minutes, ending up doing 8 miles for a 16mph average. Yes, a PR!!! (It feels good, yet so silly to tout about "PR's". I mean, I'm new at this. If I wasn't making PR's left and right, I would wonder why in the world I'd joined the gym, you know? "PR's" are for the seasoned athlete, who really truly has something to talk about. I should just go in my corner and get on my machine and sweat away for another year and THEN talk about PRs, huh?)
