from green to black

heart and lungs

after eons of doing other stuff, i finally put on my running shoes after a
failed attempt at pizza crust making and had a really shitty 15minute run.

why did i say really shitty?

well its not so much about how long i ran but how i ran. i had to give up
and walk halfway because the discomfort from my knees was just too great.
i mean what the hell right, im too young for this old man problem.

i also figured out after i stopped running that i would have gotten
abrasions between my thighs had i continued. funny, did i use to be
thinner over there or did i perspire more so that the constant friction between
them was never a problem? well i concluded with the fact that i was fat.

well the knees were one thing. i also gave up just because the moment i hit a good
pace, my dear lungs told me; uh uh so sorry no cant do. i realized yet again
that after all these years, it wasnt my muscles that really brought me anywhere.
it was my lungs. if your lungs dont hurt pretty much all else cant stop you, save
your heart.

i realized the things that make a man go further are his heart and his lungs.

no muscle can bring you where you dont wanna go and it doesnt matter
how strong your muscles are the moment your lungs stop supplying the gas.

it would also have been good to have kept limber and injury free when young.
injuries and distractions are really bad for morale, but they arent really big
obstacles in the face of desire and determination.

Labels: experience

posted by green unseen @ 5:36 AM