They say you're only as old as you feel. The majority of me feels like I'm in my 20s, but once in a while I feel like I'm in my hundreds! Case in point...I gained a couple pounds since I lost my job. I thought about walking SINCE the experts say that walking is good for you. After a little research I read that faster walking, i.e. 3-4 miles an hour, is preferable.
I went to the local recreation center where there is an indoor track, and you can measure your mileage by the number of laps you do. I timed myself and found I could keep up a 3.5 to 4 mph pace. But I got greedy!
I used to jog when I was younger, actually much younger when I add up the years that have gone by! So I decided to see if I could jog part of the laps. It hurt a little, but I just attributed this to being stiff.
Did I mention I had knee surgery about 3 years ago?
After two weeks of this (although I did ease off on the jogging, as I thought that possible I had "done something"), I was in excruciating pain! I'm now on very serious anti-inflammatories with a possibility of an injection to combat the osteoarthritis that I've been ignoring, or rather putting out of my mind, thinking that if I keep being active, it will go away. Not so.
In my mind I was as physically able as I was 20 or 30 or 40 years ago. There are many things I can still do, but there are a few that I cannot, regardless of how I view them mentally. Jogging is obviously one of them.
I could get knee replacements and that may help me relive some of my youth, but that's not on my horizon, if I can help it, this Day 30!
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