I jogged to the dentist's office and back yesterday. His office is two blocks away from my house. Boy was I tired. And the day before that, I ran on the treadmill at the Oakland YMCA for 1 minute, then walked 1 minute, ran 1 minute, walked 1 minute...for about 40 minutes (so that's 20 minutes in all...LOL). Today, I raced my husband down the street for about half a block. I won't say who won. But it wasn't me. I was relieved when I went to exercise class last night and learned that the instructor wasn't going to make us run around the indoor track like he made us do last week. Yeesh. I just get tired thinking about it.
As you might be able to tell, I'm not a runner. My knees refuse to cooperate and my lungs are friends with my knees. But I am pleased as punch that Oakland (after a 25 year hiatus) will be bringing back the Oakland Marathon...uh...Running Festival this coming weekend (March 27 & 28, 2010). In fact, I think it's pretty exciting stuff! I even had the nerve to consider running in it when I first heard about it as a way to get fit, but I changed my mind. I even imagined that someone would notice this little block and the course would make its way down 17th Street (and not 19th). Ha! I think I'll surprise my friend Tovi and volunteer at her water stop (it's at mile 6) for a few hours. Maybe I'll even jog there.
For more info about the Oakland Running Festival, click here.
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