jcorbett’s BodyBlog

Last week I forgot that I was 46 years old–thought I was 26. I did my leg routine and and ran (jogged) on the treadmill. I haven’t attempted to jog in over a year, but felt strong that day and decided to give it a try to see if I still "had it". I walked for 5 min., then jogged for 5 minutes. I wasn’t winded so I cranked it up to 6.1 and ran for another 5 minutes, then walked for 3 minutes and tried running again. I felt great, broke out in a sweat, and the endorphins kicked in so I kept going for another 5 minutes. I didn’t want to "push it" so I stopped after 20 minutes. I walked a mile home and relaxed a few minutes before picking up my son. When I attempted to walk down the stairs I felt a tear slide out of the corner of my eye b/c my knee hurt me sooooooooo bad I could barely make it down the steps. I hopped down 4 flights of stairs and kept going. I tried stretching, bending, elevating, icing–still pain. I walked to the gym the next day–still in pain. Did back and decided not to try deadlifts.

What a fool–I was showing off. I’m better now, but it was quite a scare.

Will I ever learn to "act my age" (LOL)?

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