You Go Girl

its been about four months three weeks and five days since i last went jogging. my excercise regime has so far been: morning walks to the bus stop, few flight of stairs up and down the subway, lunch break strolling around the office area, another few flight of stairs up and down the subway, walking to my front door. my lifestyle has become so sedentary, i almost included my "walks" to and from my desk to the printer at work as part of my excercise regime.

so yes i needed a change. and hence went jogging today. ive always known from experience that staying in shape is much easier than getting in shape. so i knew i was in for a tough run today considering my long hiatus. of course i never forget my usual stretching before my run :) i started off feeling surprisingly good, my legs bounced off the pavement with ease and my breathing was under control. but as soon as i passed the ten minutes mark, i could hear my heavy breathing despite the ipod in my ears and a slight muscle strain along my calves and thighs. i thought to myself, gazing ahead to the corner hundred meters away, i'll take a break there and stop. 

then suddenly, a rather overweight person appeared in front of me from another pathway. she was definitely not the typical "fit" looking person but i could tell that she had been running quite awhile depsite the slower pace. suddenly, the competitiveness that rarely shows itself came eating at me and before i knew it, i had hit the corner that i was supposed to take a break and found myself...still running. i thought, if she can keep running, i can as well. as a result, my ten minutes run became a thirty minutes run. not bad considering i had absolutely no heart pumping excercise in the past few months. 

im telling you, nothing is more motivating and inspiring than having someone rather obese in front of you running their hardest. i am in no way implying anything, i just want to sincerely thank that person today for allowing me to push myself even with my face looking like a bright red tomato about to pass out.

well guess what, now i can literally pass out with a good nights rest.