Mar 02 2010
Persisting in My State of Being at Rest
My “For the Health” routine had a bit of a set back. I started to develop pain in my shin. Initially, I figured I’d just add this pain to all the other aches and pains I feel when I run, but shin pain is apparently one of the pains you cannot ignore.
The solution to shin pain is STOP RUNNING. My body and my lazy self were glad of the news, but my will was irritated. I had finally forced myself to run and my body was defying me.
I did not run or walk for a week, then I walked a mile for only three days the next week. I experienced no shin pain after my two week hiatus, so I ran on Saturday.
During that run, I felt almost as bad as when I started this effort a month and a half ago. I was back to the run-walk-run-walk pattern. I rested on Sunday and ran again yesterday, but I fear it may be awhile before I make it back up to running a mile without walking.
I have been lifting hand weights and doing other exercises to vary my “For the Health” routine. Hopefully, when Spring fully arrives, I can add cycling in as well.
Newton’s Law of Motion says: “Every body persists in its state of being at rest or moving uniformly straight forward, except insofar as it is compelled to change its state by force impressed.”
My body wants to persist in its state of being at rest and is resentful of being compelled to change its state by the force of my will. Who knows what my body will come up with next in order to stop me from moving uniformly straight forward.
