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Further Introspection on Immunity
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Different thoughts come to my mind while I run nowadays. Whereas when I was much younger I was occupied by thoughts of ‘how to increase my speed’ or how to ‘beat the runner beside me’, lately I think more about how to keep myself healthy until the day I die. I know this is kind’a morbid but it is a fact. Since I turned over 50, I have become more introspective as far as my health is concerned.
There is information overdrive all around us: how to lose weight, how to enjoy sex, how to be energized, how to eat right, what’s the latest magic pill, what’s the latest exercise craze, diet solutions left and right as if someone discovers the fountain of youth and health somewhere everyday. Despite these, some still get unhealthy and malnourished and some still get heart attacks or strokes or cancer or flu EVEN the most health-conscious of us all. I know this because I work in a hospital. The truth is, health scientists don’t have standard, fully scientific, objective, factual answers to health/immune system questions, all the information forced-fed upon us are mere speculations. Have you ever wondered why a certain vitamin works today but not next year? Or a pill today is under a class lawsuit tomorrow due to false claims or worse, casualties? Have you wondered why the exercise technique of so and so was proven inferior by the exercise of so and so? Well, the answer is simply, Nobody knows.
Comeback Runner
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Once I felt the cold departing, I restarted my running:
Saturday 24, walk 3 miles
Monday 26, run-walk 3 miles
Tuesday 27, run-walk: 1st mile 11:28, 2nd mile 10:24, 3rd mile 10:22, .60 mile cool down 6:50. A lot of STRETCHING in between. Total 3.6 miles
On my mind: I am re-starting my running af 1 week of stoppage due to cold. Unsure if this is already the right time to re-start. So far, things are looking good.
I will treat myself as if I were my own pt in PT. Noticed super tightness in hamstrings, I employed very small strides (painful with bigger strides). Staring at my morning shadow, my belly appeared more protruded (bad). I was having SOB (shortness of breath) at below 11 pace per mile, meaning, I have lowered endurance level since I stopped running for a long long time.
Today is Wednesday, off-running day.
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