jogging: three weeks in a row!

[supercheesegirl]

I dragged my sorry self out of bed at 6:35 and went jogging again this morning--three weeks in a row now! F did not accompany me today. I took my ipod with me, even though it made me kind of nervous to, because that poor jogger was killed by a falling tree branch last month in Fairmount Park and she had her headphones on so she didn't hear the branch cracking or falling or else she might not have died, and I just found out that my friend Becca was there in the park that night and saw the poor girl and tried to help, so it was fresh in my mind. But obviously that was a weird freak accident, so I listened to my ipod anyway. All my old workout playlists are really long, like 40+ minutes, so I need to make some shorter ones. I also need to get a wristwatch. I ended up staying out for 30 minutes total, but not all of that was jogging. I jogged the first 8-10 minutes, but then I got that awful stitch in my side again, and I ended up walking the rest of the time. F thinks the side stitch is because I drank too much water before going jogging, but I ALWAYS drink water first thing in the morning because when I wake up I'm THIRSTY. So, not sure what to do about that. Maybe I'll just walk the 30 minutes next time. But it doesn't feel as much like working out if I'm not jogging--who says "I'm getting up half an hour early to go for a WALK"? We'll see. But I'm happy to be sticking with it!

In related news, today I am wearing the skinny black jeans, which sometimes are too tight to wear but which today are a bit big in the front for the first time ever.

Comments

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

re: jogging with the ipod.

As long as you don't have to volume turned up too high, you should be fine. As someone who bikes on the bikepath in Somerville, the thing that gets to me is the walkers/ joggers who can't hear me bellow "On your left!" at them before I pass. If you can hear a biker call out to you, you're probably fine though.

(Also? tree branches don't often fall and kill people, really)

(also also? way to go on the jogging!)

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

My neighborhood is soooooo quiet in the mornings. I see a few other joggers and some people walking dogs, and a few cars but not many, and that's about it. It's actually pretty awesome. Haven't seen any kamikaze tree branches yet. (I know they don't do it often, but it just happened here last month, and I heard the whole story from my friend Becca on Saturday, so it was really fresh in my mind!)

Woot woot!!

[minkrose]

My mom has been sending me terror-inducing articles about going deaf from ear-bud headphones. I mean, this has always been the case but in order to HEAR your iPod over the T, you do have to turn it up pretty loud. Nevermind the damn noises that the T trains make! Sadly, the earbuds are worse than normal headphones.

Anyway, my dad has already had hearing aids for a few years (he's 62 now) and it's pretty much from wearing headphones when he was in his 20s and so on. His dad was deaf because he was in the navy during WWII (boats are loud). It really does make a difference!

Most of what I listen to is audio books so it's not as likely to damage my hearing. Keeping the volume down on any headphones is a good idea, for your safety AND your hearing.