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<p>(10-16-16)</p>
<p>Recovery is taking its time today.</p>
<p>It's the eighteenth day of this running session; the thirteenth run. I'm at 72% completion. I expect to get 30 runs completed in 45 - 60 days. I'm aiming for 45, but even 60 would come out to running every other day, and for a non-running, run-hater like me, that's an accomplishment. </p>
<p>I've told myself I'm doing this as an experiment to see if I can really "<em>run off</em>" some excess weight. I'm at <strong>177.2</strong> today. I weighed in after this morning's run/workout so it's probably mostly H2O weight that I dropped. Day zero was 180.4 so we're down 3.2 lbs. That's more typical than the claims made on diet commercials, that tell you the fantastic results participants achieved, "<em>aren't typical</em>." The pounds I shed amount to <2% of my body weight. </p>
<p>However, I wasn't over weight when I began - so why am I doing it? Are there reasons other than curiosity? Probably discipline. <strong>Despite hearing from people that I'm a beast, I don't always believe it, so I have to test myself.</strong> I give myself an assignment and then follow it through. But I need other elements to keep me going. If it were just about running - I certainly wouldn't do it. This is about running to lose weight, to achieve and maintain a 3:1 muscle mass to body fat ratio, to keep a blog and to make video clips every day. It's like a job. I've got to get the job done! There are goals involved. Guess I'm <em>goal oriented</em>. </p>
<p>So much for all that. </p>
<p>Today was a good day to run. We opted out of clubs and bars and drinking last night - the video will tell you why. I was able to get up fairly early, do my AM exercises - stretching, twisting, yoga-type stuff, squats and then go out and run 2 miles in 28 minutes and then do some pull ups, pushups and bench dips at the playground (1 set of each.. I'm not THAT much of a beast), walk home and start recovering. (I've been recovering for the past two hours!) Today's activity took a lot out of me. But I have no regrets. </p>
<p>Nice way to start the week. I've got 60 days left until I leave here. Oh, funny note - had to stop forward progress (ran in place) during the run to chat with a guy from the YMCA, he was biking. I speak to this guy in the locker room from time to time, don't even know his name, yet he knew I was leaving. The Community YMCA, is very much <em>community</em>. I guess people care, or are at least curious. I have been there almost 20 years, first as a member, then a trainer and now, an instructor. </p>
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<p>Stay Tuned for Part XIX </p>
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<p>https://youtu.be/vOpvI2pYnoc</p>
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