Leaving A Trail

I found an alternative to the inflatable punching bag which I was advised to purchase… run the distance of a soccer field — 9 rounds.  My knees were buckling, I was panting like crazy I almost gave up on the first round. What I did was to alternate running and power walking.  Run on the first round, walk on the second round.  Run on the third round, walk the fourth, and so on… until I got on the 9th round 25 minutes later.  Then I made a beeline for Tim Horton’s for an iced cappuccino.  From the shop’s doorstep was a highly recommended 7-minute exercise for balance — a walk with an extra-large cup of iced coffee in one hand, a box of dozen Boston-creme doughnuts balanced on the other — all the way to the apartment.  No, I didn’t have the doughnut for breakfast.  I had a small piece of buttered French bread (freshly baked by cousin-Ariel-bear) with the coffee instead.  It’s only much later that I had a couple of Boston creme for snack.  ;-D

I was forced to run.  I had been putting it off for two weeks until my cousin’s wife, Ate Vanz, got fed up with my talks-of-walk-but-not-walking-the-talk so she dared me…  I didn’t want to part with my $20 so I had to get up at 6 a.m. to walk-the-talk so off to the soccer field I went. The side-trip to Tim Horton’s was a sweet treat which only cost me less than $10.

The run is an effort to stay in shape — mentally.  The physical benefit’s just secondary, a bonus, for me.  I have been strongly advised by my doctor bestfriend, Rebz, to steer clear of drugs so am taking an alternative therapy.  I was supposed to run again the next morning before heading off to work but my thigh and leg muscles are still sore from the previous day’s work-out.  So a walk has to do for now.  Running two days a week is not bad… especially when Tim’s Boston creme and iced cappuccino are just waiting around the corner.  ;-D

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