TJ North

Grrr. I hate the scale. Yet I can’t seem to stay off it.

The past week I have let my exercise slow down a bit, so back to the couch-to-5k training program. Tonight I just did a random 30 minutes run, walk, run, walk…which I know always skews towards walking.

I am not a natural exerciser. I always spend the first 10 minutes trying to talk myself out of it, and the last 10 minutes trying to convince myself I can stop early. I like solitary activities, partly cause I always feel like I’m in the ‘run, jump and throw like a girl olympics’. Sigh. There are people who move through the world with style and grace; and then there’s me.

The other risk when I am exercising in a group is my competitive genes kick in and I push myself so hard I get hurt. I have done this and it is not good, although it makes a funny story afterwards - once I am healed.

Well, if all goes according to plan, i will run my 30 minute training course tomorrow morning, and then go for a longer walk/run with the dog in the evening. I would like that to be my every-second-day routine. I was doing well until I got thrown off course by last week - now time to regain control of my schedule.

Thank y’all for your kind words. Much appreciated.