I ran!

[darxus]

My favorite part of Arisia is the Saturday night club dance. It was five hours. I was in a lot of pain by the end of it. Discussing this with danceboy, I said I needed to get in the shape he's in. He asked if I'd like him to drag me out running. I decided to try to get back into running.

Last time I was running, I had the Minuteman trail in my back yard. In the several years since, I've used the lack of sidewalks in my neighborhood as an excuse not to run. And occasionally considered running at work. So, my first day back to work, two days ago, I was tempted to put off running until I got new running shoes and a GPS watch, so I took off my shoes and went outside and ran. 22.3°F, heavily salted sidewalks, barefoot. That lasted four minutes, due to fear of seriously damaging my feet.

I dug out my old running shoes (Brooks Addiction 7), was reminded of how obscenely comfortable they are, ordered ZEMGear 360s ("barefoot" running shoes), waited two days, and went running in my old shoes, for nine minutes. Didn't even use the fact that I forgot my merino buff and gloves as an excuse not to. "16.5°F, feels like 6°F". I feel great.

My main goal is to take it easy and not hurt myself. I think it would be fun to work toward doing a marathon over the next couple years. I'm planning to wear the zems when necessary, and run barefoot when I can.

Comments

I'm impressed

[drwex]

Five hours is a long time to be doing any physical activity. How was the dance? We stopped in a couple times, but I wasn't all that fond of the DJ's style.

Re: I'm impressed

[darxus.livejournal.com]

The second dance floor with the video screens never did much for me. The main dance floor, that ended with DJ Dirge, had difficulty getting going, both times a new DJ came on. But I was very happy with the majority of it.

Also, I was sitting recovering much of the time.