Pain is your body’s way of speaking to you

Lower right abdominal pain
That’s in the vicinity of the pain area.

 

Lower right abdominal pain
Maybe?

 

Pain is your body’s way of speaking to you. While the above are all possibilities, so is a simple muscle strain. So i’m backing off the core exercises to see if rest is the remedy.

 

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One mailbox a day update after six weeks

Map My Run screen shot
After six weeks, this is our current daily run distance.

 

We began on Halloween 2015, six weeks ago. Run one mailbox a day for a week. Each week, add another mailbox (100 meters).

We are only at five mailboxes because in week two, we kept the distance at one mailbox (100 meters).

It’s interesting to watch how two, three, and four mailboxes no longer seem like a big deal. Each time we add a mailbox, we are running farther than he’s ever run in his life. Each new distance becomes a big deal – literally groundbreaking.

And then it becomes no big deal in a week or two.

 

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Slow and steady isn’t a theory

High School courtyard
High School courtyard.

 

Slow and steady isn’t a theory.

We just finished week six of becoming a runner. Our daily mailbox total is five, so far. Next week we will run six mailboxes each day.

 

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He’s lost 49 pounds in three months

Map My Run screen shot
Minutes before our neighborly conversation, i had just finished this run/walk.

 

He’s lost 49 pounds in three months. He said he has so much more energy now. He’s been retired for a few years and has (theoretically) much more discretionary time to rearrange focus on his priorities.

Perhaps sounding self-righteous a second time, i said, “Reaching a big goal is the first step. Maintaining that goal for a lifetime is the real challenge.”

Everyone knows this even if it’s not on their radar.

 

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Sleep is an asset

Eye glasses
We see what we want to see. Not seeing the obvious may mean we don’t want to.

 

Sleep is an asset.

So even though yesterday was a rest day, meaning no run or gym, there can still be active accomplishments.

As simple as actively ensuring we get our optimal rest. It varies for each of us. Mine is eight hours.

It hasn’t happened in several days, but last night i got 7.5 hours.

 

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