And this would be why I should be under supervision when I’m on sinus meds. Left to my own devices, I do things like this. :P
I was home sick today. Sinus infection. Congestion, sore throat, very freaking tired. I loaded up on sinus meds and slept. But then when I woke up I had energy. Ut oh. So I went for a walk. I thought it would just be a short one but I wandered and at about 2 miles from home found myself in front of my sanctuary of trails. And so I entered the woods. Somewhere along the trail I thought, hey, why don’t I run?
And so I did.
For one minute. And then stopped and thought, what am I doing? I actually paused and realized something was off, but then the dullness of sinus meds kicked in and I somehow reasoned that the one minute wasn’t so bad, I should try for another.
And so I did. But one minute turned into five.
I stopped again and walked for a minute. My lungs were bothering me but I still reasoned it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I liked running on the leafy covered trails. The ground had a nice bouncy to it or something. And they were reminding me of when I ran cross country back when I was a kid in middle school.
Funny thing though, I HATED running when I was a kid. I was miserable every single time my feet were moving then. I have no idea why I stayed on the team. It was volunteer. I remember even having a conversation with my dad about it that went something like this:
Me: “I joined the cross country team for another year.”
Dad: “But you hate running.”
Me: “Yeah.”
Dad: “But you really hate running.”
Me: “Yeah.”
Dad: “You really want to be on the team again?”
Me: “Yeah.”
Nobody understood why I stayed on the team, least of all me. I still don’t understand it. Maybe I thought of it as a challenge I’d someday overcome but never did. Who knows? I hated running so much. I haven’t run since I played lacrosse in college. And even then I only ran when I was actually playing the game. I laughed when they said we should run a mile to warm up. :P
So I really can’t understand why I started running today. It was an odd moment.
Anyway, after the minute walking break I ran again, this time for 6 minutes. Then I walked one minute and tried it again running for another 5 or 6 minutes.
After that though, I was done. My lungs hurt so bad. Sick and asthma and not in shape for running…yeah, go me for being a yutz there. And to top all of that off, after I stopped running I realized I was still about 2 1/2 miles from home and I’d have to walk there.
Hah! Duh.
Here I am two hours later and I feel ok for the most part. I’m still coughing some from the shock to my lungs. But that’s not surprising. Not sure if I will try to run again. Part of me thinks, hell yeah!, that wasn’t so bad. But then again, I should also mention, I’m still on the sinus meds. Lots of things sound like fabulous ideas to me right now that probably shouldn’t. :P
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