Guilty as Charged!

Look at the date, oh my goodness how fast time flies.  It is almost August.

I admit it.  I didn't get much exercise this month.

I was busy... doing other things...

(So although the label of this blog post is EXERCISE, it is more like :  EXERCISE ... NOT!)

First Winter Run

I knew this would happen.  The winter cold is too good an excuse not to use for staying indoors.  But of course this excuse can only go so far.  I knew that I would eventually stop fooling myself and get myself back out there.

I haven't been exercising and I am actually scared to step on a scale.  My only consolation is that I can still zip up my pants, so I guess I'm still ok. 

Anyway, it was the birthday of Poppop's brother yesterday and he'd sent us a message saying since we were all invited to his birthday dinner.  Menu consisted of an entree of oignon de frit, our choice of mains (beef or pork medley), char-grilled chicken, beef and greens), siding of pomme frites, and dessert of chilled vanilla bean creme with choice of swirl.     In other words, dinner was at Hungry Jack's and we could have onion rings and french fries, a choice of the burger, bacon deluxe or chicken meal, plus our choice of sundae.

Without dinner to worry about (and the thought of burger and fries for dinner), I decided it was about time I went out again and braved the cold.

Off I went in my running shoes and shorts.  (Even I surprised myself.  Me in shorts?  And in the winter no less!  Don't worry, I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and a cap, too.)  As I was leaving the house, Gino commented that my legs might get cold.  I told him that I was hoping the run would warm me up.  

It was almost 5 pm so the sun had almost set.  As I started my run, I could feel my body taking its time to warm up.  In fact, the thoughts that crossed my mind involved 'sebo' (grease) and blubber. 

Gosh, it has been a long time since I have gone outside to run.

I didn't want to overdo it because it HAS been a long time.  

I decided to run the length of Parsonage instead of going through my Coolong loops or Old Northern Road stretch.  I went up Parsonage all the way to Windsor Road, then headed back.  

I did a solid twenty-minute run, which I thought was pretty good considering when I first started this journey in February, the 20-minute run was my initial goal.  

I brisk walked the rest of the way home.  

I honestly don't know if I'll be able to manage a second winter run.  It is way too cold in the mornings and by the time I get home, it is dark.  But I figure, at least I was able to go out this once.