Today Melissa and I finished up our overnight stay at the Hampton Inn in northern Daytona Beach...then she drove the both of us back home. Right now it's 5:55 PM. Today is the start of a new week, with its five weekdays. It reminds me of my old, grueling high school routine, going back to the spring of 1971 when I was stuck (and not doing very well) in the ninth grade at Davie's Nova High School. The air outside back then was beginning to stink of smoke caused by a local drought and wildfires spreading across the South Florida Everglades. Today, though it all seemed clean out on the beach. I exercised, running in place for 36 minutes. It's late in the afternoon now, and I've exercised for ten minutes so far. Tuesday afternoon I am scheduled to be at UF Healh's Davis Cancer Pavilion to undergo some more IV chemotherapy for brain cancer. Right now our living room tv is showing an old, melodramatic medical series, on which the actors are portraying characters full of troublesome life and relational issues..there's plenty of stuff on it that feels wrong to me1.i am continuing to listening, on my own public library's lLibby app, an audiobook from Martinus Evans titled Slow AF Run Club, in which the author humorously and frankly lays out his own experiences about returning to SLOW long distance running and presents several practical suggestions how I (or anyone interested in running) can get going with it. I have a long history of running, both with training and participating in public races. I have entered and completed two 26.2-mile marathons, along with 19 13.1 half-marathons. With the lengthier distance, I have little interest in adding to my "accomplishments". I simply want to return to my old ability for lasting reasonably long distances dating back to the year 2010, Consistently sticking with daily training can build up compounded positive effect over the next few weeks and months. I'm still counting on progress in my ongoing struggle against cancer. May this spring and summer bode well for you and yours...
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So right now I'm imagining you running along Daytona Beach in slow motion with the theme music from 'Chariots of Fire' playing in the background. I used to love getting that dopamine reward that came with my morning jog, but I have had to give that up due to degeneration of my spine. But living where I do, I have been able to switch over to long bushwalks through the rainforest. And I am also pleased to find that I get those dopamine boosts from my morning swims, also. I'm just guessing that it's dopamine that gives me such a sense of well-being both in the woods and in the pool, don't really know for sure, though. Glad to see that you made 2 laps there at Depot Park, a nice step forward on your journey to renewed fitness.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your positive encouragement...a lap at a time! Still, I'm trying to avoid those cheap dopamine boosts from smartphone games and social media. Here's to another good day!
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