Well, for those of you who are younger (most of you, I would guess...) this may sound kind of silly... but....
I was quite athletic as a younger woman... I did a lot of sports and was pretty fit.... I was never a terrific runner, but okay...
But, I think about ten years ago, I just plain stopped running. I don't mean, going for a run, I mean running at all. Maybe a few steps to run after a kid, but it used to worry me all the time that if I really needed to sprint after a kid, I might not be able to do it.
Then, maybe five years or so ago, I started dreaming that I was running. In my dreams, I'd take off at a run and I'd be fine-- not out of breath and struggling, just running along.
That dream always made me sad because it made me think about what I had lost... the fitness that I had let go of...
So, this morning, I was reading the other thread about getting started running and I was inspired.
So, I went out to the backyard with my dog, and I ran across the yard with her. It was no big deal. So I went out again, and ran across my yard with the dog again... a real fast jog this time, like a normal person would do.
No big deal.... The thing is, it has been so long since I've run that it didn't even occur to me to do it....
But, it turns out, I can run...:car rot: