I surrender!

For those that know me, know that I heartily dislike running.  If you can do it safely, wonderful.  Good for you!   But I cannot do it.  I don't like it and I never felt good about it.  If I am running it is b/c there is a ball being kicked in front of me, or a masked gunman is chasing me thru the park.  It was nighttime after a long stressful day and I had my workout looming ahead of me.  I had the urge to just go somewhere, anywhere.  So I decided to put on my sneakers and hightail it outta there at 9pm.  I jogged on and off for about 30 minutes.  I felt amazing for about 10 minutes, then I felt old and hurt all over the rest of the night.  I was so confused:  How come I can do Insanity and P90X just fine and not this? 

The next day I woke up and felt amazing.  You know that chronic back pain I told you about last week?   It was 100% gone the next day.  There is no way it can be from running.  So I tried it again a few days later.  I did not feel like I drank half a bottle of red wine afterwards and the next day my back felt amazing! 

There are 2 reasons for this:
1. Since I am not used to this type of workout, I am sure I am stretching a lot more afterwards than I usually do.
2. I think the running motion is actually stretching and loosening up some of those hard to reach back muscles.

I will continue to try running here and there for the above reasons and let's face it, We could all use a little more aerobic activity.  Here's to trying something new!!