The Good Hurt
June 14th, 2006 | Published in Miscellaneous | 3 Comments
A few months ago, I got into a good three-times-a-week rythm of jogging. Not a lot, but enough to get my pulse going for at least twenty minutes and my breath to run out way before that.
Since I moved to the US, I have gained considerable weight, some of which looks alright (compared to how I used to look), some of which needs to go. And sitting in front of Photoshop or iStockphoto all day does not help in that department. Neither does being married to a food stylist/photographer. So, there I was, going out running and being a good boy. And after about a month and a half, I stopped. For no apparent reason.
Anyway, time went by and I broke my toe - the perfect excuse - and in the meantime, I turned thirty. The guilty conscience was nagging me on a regular basis in the back of my mind by then. Get back out there, it said, get your head out of your ass. And so one day, I took my bloodpressure in one of the drug store do-it-yourself things, knowing that it would be high (partly because I was expecting it to be, which made me nervous, which in turn raised my blood pressure even more), and sure enough: I was in the red.
So finally, the increasing fatness, the high blood pressure and the internal nagging got to me, and I went back out there today. And it hurts. But it’s sort of a good hurt. If I don’t die from a heart attack in the next few weeks, I’m hoping this will be the first step to a better me. Wish me luck.
June 14th, 2006at 8:28 pm(#)
You can do it Ras! My increasing blood pressure was what finally got me to shed 30 lbs.
Sorry to hear about your toe, and how the h*ck did I miss your birthday. Happy 30!!!!
June 14th, 2006at 8:39 pm(#)
Thanks, Rob. 30 lbs is quite a bit. I’ll be happy with about half of that. As for my birthday, I dunno how you missed it. It being world news and all.
June 28th, 2006at 8:09 am(#)
Hey Rasmus,
Just keep on going. One day you get addicted to it. I did. In the beginning it was so hard, never thought I would be able to get further than 4 km…. And now I do marathons….