By A Lazy Couch Potato-Turned Reluctant RunnerLet me start off by saying I’ve never been particularly athletic.
Ever since I was a little girl I was more content to be still. I was the writer, the artist and the quiet tea-party hostess. When I went for walks with my family, I would get sore ankles as I struggled to keep pace. Bicycling was little more than a nuisance (I still hate biking uphill to this day). When I went running, I
broke out in red rashes on the tops of my thighs and felt a prickling sensation
as the blood pumped through the veins in my skin. Anything that required exertion
would make my head pound and my lungs ache. Little did I know at the time all of these conditions could be remedied. I was not born a natural
athlete, but somewhere deep inside I wanted to be. I used to watch those people for whom exercise was effortless, and I was a little jealous. I wanted to be light and carefree - gliding across the track, leaping up onto the jungle gyms, smacking a ball across the field. I just didn't get those genes from my chromosomes. And so I huffed and puffed, grimaced from sore muscles and ducked feverishly to avoid getting hit in the head by whizzing soccer, basket and baseballs
For some of us (myself included), exercise requires a gentle approach
and a little bit more time and attention. After spending several sedentary years overweight and a little unhappy about it, I broke free. I found by eating a certain way the fluid levels in my body reduced and eliminated the pounding in my head and most of the prickling sensation in my skin. By paying special attention to my gait I banished the sore ankles. I found by gently building up a tolerance in order to accomplish my physical goals, I was able to
transition from an overweight couch potato to an energetic runner
regularly covering 6 or 7 miles in an hour’s time. I found things that
worked for me, and hopefully some of those things will help you, too.
I've
broken them out into essential components I call, "The Five Keys To
Turn Any Body Into A Runner". Clever marketing slogan? Nope, just the
elements I used to transform myself into a runner.
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