in which I run (a little) again

Once upon a time,

for a short season,

Tyler and I used to walk in the evening.

(He actually wrote about it way back when he kept a blog. I'm fairly certain I've mentioned it as well.)

Highlight of my days, those walks were.

We haven't taken a walk in years

(can you believe its been 3 years since I hurt my heel/achilles trying to 'run for God'?!)

and even though I exercise regularly now,

up until the hike last weekend, I haven't done any walking or running 

beyond what is necessary for regular household/kid management.

(oh - that's not entirely true - I sometimes run out to the chicken coop, just to prove I can)

I even try to spread out my grocery procurement enough that I don't have to do marathon shopping.

I've been thinking lately though,

about moving my exercise outside for a bit.

And so, today, I did.

I turned on my interval timer app (I actually have a couple)

to the 35 second high intensity, 

1 minute 20 second low intensity

workout,

did a pull-up in the hallway,

and set off down the drive.

yes. I pretty much always have fabric fuzz and/or threads stuck to me. Fortunately, Tyler thinks its cute :-)

I walked briskly through the warm-up,

and when it buzzed for my first HI interval, I ran full speed ahead.

I ran until the timer beeped,

then fast-walked 'til it was time to run again.

At round 4, I thought,

Man! I'm doing super!

Round 6 - I am awesome!!

Round 8

I thought,

I am killing this!

So when it was time to cool down,

I jogged.

I had 4 seconds left on my cool down timer when the pain started.

But it wasn't pain in my heel, or my knee :-)

just a bit of discomfort in my hip flexors.

Maybe I overdid it a wee smidge...

I felt a little sheepish (as I walked) the rest of the way home,
and I may end up having a little epsom salt bath this evening,
but it did feel good to be out there,
and I hope Tyler and I can squeeze in some walks before the weather turns too cold