I’m Done With Fat

Today is usually my off day but I am starting to feel sluggish and also feel like I accomplished nothing on the days I do not work out. I am finding myself with a lot more energy that I can’t extinguish by sitting down and watching t.v. like I used to. Each day I find myself becoming more and more ancy the longer I sit and I just want to get out and do something.

So today I was sitting there at work itching to do something so I figured I would go walking. Not on my normal flat piece of land that I usually pick, that’s littered with nurses who walk up and down who could easily save my life after I pass out on the track from lack of oxygen.

No I decided to hit the up and down and rugged trails of Mill Creek Park. Not very hard trails, but not smooth flat and level pavement. So after work I headed down to meet my buddy at the trails. Just for the record he sucks at directions. So after he finally shows up to the place he told me meet him at we head out.

It was a very nice day out.  We started out at a brisk pace, and when I mean we I mean myself, as he was trying to walk slow enough so I could still see him in the horizon.

After a few moments I was sweating but this is normal for me as the most minuscule tasks make me sweat pretty good.  The trail was a lot more fun than just running on a flat pavement.  I think I ended up sweating more on the trails today then I did running yet.  It was like any other trail I guess

Lanterman's Mill

, it had its ups and downs… seems like more ups though.  The trail basically ran beside the river and the view was pretty nice the whole walk.

At one point the trail led up to the pavement where my buddy suggest we run around the bend, even though everyone suggested I leave the running to my running days to avoid injury I decided to run a little to get my heart rate up.  The run felt fantastic, I wasn’t worried about speed or time, I was just

running to run and it felt great.  I see now why all you runners choose to run.  I can not wait until I am done with the Couch to 5k so I don’t have to worry about time.  I just want to run.

Half way through we stopped at his grandmas house for a break.  It was only 1.5 miles according to my Nike+ and took us only about 32 minutes.  So we left after a little bit and headed back to our cars.  I was pretty drenched in sweat at this point but I felt great, looked like shit, but felt great.  I think I will be doing a lot more walking on my days off.  I also can see a lot more hiking and possibly some camping in my future.

Here is me after I drove all the way home.  I really broke in that free Gyminee shirt.  My girlfriend didn’t want to give me a hug for some reason when I got home… still cant figure out why.

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