Back At It!

You know, I think someone up there has the weekend perpetually on fast forward mode cos it sure goes by so darn quick every week! It seemed like it was Friday just a while ago and now it's Monday already. Where did the weekend go?

I hardly remember what I did all weekend except for cleaning the store room and checking out a franchise opportunity. The rest was a blur. I guess I must have been having too much fun since they say time flies when you're having fun :D I've no complain really that the weekend just went by so quick cos that means Christmas is all that much nearer. Yes, yes, you're going to hear me talking a lot about Christmas cos I love Christmas so much :D

Anyways, the good news is I've already started my running sessions again. In fact I've been on my running program for a whole week now. I started the previous Saturday and have been consistently running since then. The first day was the hardest though. Not the run. The run was fine. It was the motivation to put on my shoes and actually step out of the house.

I was having an internal debate with myself on whether I should start running again or not. It went something like this:

Used to be fit Nick: Hmmm, I think I'll start running today.

Current fat lazy Nick: Ah screw it! Just keep sitting on the couch and watch TV and eat away.

Used to be fit Nick: Don't listen to that fat bum. Dig out that dusty shoes and start running.

Current fat lazy Nick: Come on, it's nice being fat, lazy and unfit. You get to sit around and watch TV all day.

Used to be fit Nick: It's time you do something about your health. You're begining to look way older that you actually are! You don't want people calling you 'uncle' now do you?

And that actually clinched it. The fact that people my age are calling me uncle! I'm not that old but I guess I'm so unhealthy right now that I look way older than I really am. I don't mind if little kids called me uncle (well, actually I do mind ... LOL!) but not adults who are as old as me calling me uncle! So, with that thought in mind, I put on my dusty almost falling apart pair of trusty running shoes and hit the asphalt.

And I was surprised that I stopped running for so long cos the moment the wind hit my face, I realized I had actually missed running. God, what was I doing sitting around the house all those months and vegetating? I've been running nonstop ever since then and even though it's been a week or so and there are the usual aches and creaks here and there, I feel so much healthier than I was a week ago :D

And I discovered that I'm not totally as unfit as I thought I was cos every run I've made the past week, I've broken my own speed record each and every single day and I wasn't even trying hard. Hopefully I'll be able to keep this up for as long as I can :D

My enthusiasm for running has even infected wifey and the boys and they've decided to join me on the road to good health. On days that I don't do my longer distance road running, I've sort of become their coach at the nearby park ... hehehe ... It's good to be doing something so positive and healthy as a family :D
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