run

i have officially decided i am not a good runner. no, i am not going to give up after two whole days of trying this out, but come on! it's not easy... yes, i said it. running is not easy. working out is not easy. maybe if it were, more people would do it.

i just can't breathe right when i run. after my run tonight, i had this burning sensation in my throat - it took me right back to my high school days of having to run 3 miles 18 times over a course of so many weeks in the blistering, hot, late summer, texas sun. i hated it. my body would get to a point of no longer sweating.

that same burning sensation was there tonight. deep in my throat. i couldn't get back on a normal breathing pattern. i wasn't sweating, but my body was blistering hot. i tried drinking water during my run, but it kind of made me want to throw up.

i brought the deck of cards with me again to the gym. i brought 56 cards. this time, i used skips as my break cards. i have to say, the run didn't feel all that hard, though the cards were chosen from a large deck and completely at random, it didn't feel ridiculous. my body feels great now, but it's that five minutes after the run that makes me want to not go back the next time. why is that?

that feeling sent me back to searching google for "breathing techniques" and running techniques. i can't quite get over how much information is on the internet, but it's there. people care to choose. it makes me kind of glad that i'm into this blogging thing; it's this whole cultural phenomenon - everyone wants to share and learn... you just have to seek to find.