Yesterday was a Wednesday – usually my golf league night – but Natalie and I continued to feel strong as our initial onset of soreness is wearing off quickly. So we continued to try to build our new active habits by working out, again. We repeated the same workout schedule as we are trying to lay down a decent base and, again, just kick start our systems and get over mental hurdles. The admittedly short jog around the neighborhood isn’t really getting physically easier, for us, but the mental block of doing it is pretty much history. Push-ups and sit-ups don’t feel anywhere near as strenuous as they did on day one although we are not yet extending the number of reps that we are doing of them. Arm curls, lateral raises and one-arm shoulder presses don’t seem to fatigue us so rapidly either. After our base week we’ll definitely be looking to up the reps and sets to keep things progressing.
I did some searching last night on found Ohio Runner, a website that includes a calendar or running events in Ohio. I was hoping to find something around Cleveland in a few weeks … something I could use to measure progress maybe. I found a 5K event in Cleveland, this Sunday (July 18) called the “Healthy Kids, Healthy Weight Run“. It’s a charity event for the children’s hospital and it’s classified as a run/walk. It doesn’t look like a very competitive event and I’m strongly considering signing up for it to give me a firm snap shot of just how out of shape I am. Also, even though it doesn’t appear to be a competitive event, there’s still nothing like an event where there are others around you to challenge you and get the juices flowing. It could be beneficial to me so I’m seriously thinking about it. If I do sign up, I probably would alter the plan for the rest of the week so I can rest up for it.
