I haven't been running for the last month or so and it has been really starting to show. One of the side effects of running has been clear zit-free skin, which seeing as I am nearly forty, and have had zits since I was 12, has been much appreciated. Lately the dreaded lumps have been returning.
But the main change has been the gain in weight. I have had to stop wearing one of my pairs of jeans because they are just so uncomfortable, and there is a pair of school pants also in temporary retirement.
So I went out on the road again on Friday, and again on Monday. I run every second day, so tomorrow is the next day to get out there. I do like how I feel on the run days. There is a combination of virtuousness, and a liveliness in my body that makes me feel happy.
Since I haven't been running I have got more flexible - I guess that is because muscles that are taunt are tight, and I haven't been stretching enough after runs. But I have definitely lost fitness, I struggled with the normal round the blocker, and have been doing the shorter version to help get back in the swing of things without overdoing it.
So now I need to make running a habit again - which is going to be pretty hard in this cold wet weather!, but worth it. For my vanity.
Posted by Toni at August 7, 2007 10:34 AM