Thursday, February 10, 2011

affirmation

Greetings from the mystical valley of Cumbayá!  I was video chatting with a friend the other day and explaining my new exercise regimen.  Every other day, weather and willpower permitting, I will go for a jog in the park near my house for increasingly long intervals of time.  Before you scoff, this plan is indeed ambitious because a) I don’t jog.  Ever.  When it comes to my fitness, I prefer cushier options like cycling and the elliptical machine (i.e. things that don’t make me feel like I’m dying) and b) jogging at 7000+ feet above sea level is no small potatoes.  When she asked how my first day had gone, I told her, and I quote:

“My hips haven’t hurt this much since that time I tried to go latin dancing!!!”

And then I smiled.  That right there is why it makes ABSOLUTE SENSE for me to spend the bulk of my time with the elderly.  

3 comments:

  1. man I got cut out of this story pretty swiftly

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  2. We're going Latin dancing again upon your return.

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  3. Exercising at high elevations is really good for you though. You will probably come back and practically be an olympic runner! I also appreciate how you *tried* to go Latin dancing haha.

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