October 3rd, 2005
Two weeks ago I had my very own Forrest Gump moment. Something posessed me to hop on a treadmill to see what I could handle, and I surprised myself by running for thirty minutes without dying. That’s probably nothing to most of you, but for asthma girl – That’s amazing!
Sure, I can go for miles on an elliptical or a bike, but I can’t remember the last time I ran for any length of time. If I had to guess, it was probably in elementary school at a Jog-A-Thon… What ever happened to those? Remember how you’d get family & neighbors to sponsor you for five cents a lap? I’d break the bank by running all day long. Suckers!
Now I’m training to run longer and harder, just to prove to myself that I can overcome a physical limitation that I’ve had for many years, and it feels pretty good… Well, except for my calves. Note to the hotties: What they say about high heels shortening your calf muscles – It’s true! But you won’t see me giving up my everyday stilettos any time soon.
Meep-Meep!
Entry Filed under: Atomic Bombshell
18 Comments
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Keith H&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 5:28 pm
Wow! You go!
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La Bella&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 5:35 pm
You are so lucky… I am only 27 and can’t jog… I mean, I can [I still got both legs! I ain't crippled either] but… I have a bad knee.
And I used to loveeeeeee to jog. Now I just power walk. Even that sometimes hurts the knee… And you go girl… Keep up the great work!
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'Chele&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 5:44 pm
Oh woman, I knew it had to be more then last week, cause last week was hell on the ol’ lungs. Great for you… I am up to about a mile or so every other day, and Bella baby… I am 42, momma!
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Jayleigh&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 5:50 pm
Gotta love the audioblog. Also, I like your titles. Thanks for visiting.
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soapbox.SUPERSTAR&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 6:09 pm
Good for you!!!
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April&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 6:33 pm
What an admirable goal!
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Deb&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 7:18 pm
I can’t jog either. Good for you!
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Boudica of Suburbia&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 7:26 pm
30 minutes! That’s longer than I could do
I’m not too bad on the X-trainer tho.
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Malnurtured Snay&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 9:16 pm
Eep. I walk to my car I feel winded.
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Silentz&hellip | October 3rd, 2005 at 10:41 pm
I jogged once, I think.
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Lewis Moten&hellip | October 4th, 2005 at 12:59 am
We used to have something called The Turkey Trot. I know how that feeling is. I don’t have asthma, but I did have SVT episodes pretty bad until I had it taken care of a few years ago. It’s nice to be able to do things without having to think about where the closest phone is in case of emergency.
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Peter B.&hellip | October 4th, 2005 at 6:50 am
So I just had my first inappropriate thought as a result of reading this blog, revolving around visuals of the author wearing stiletto heels. I must now go atone or something. I am bad.
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Zee&hellip | October 4th, 2005 at 7:23 am
You go, girl! I miss running. I’m riding my bike daily, and even that tends to make my asthma act up at times. But I’m not giving up… It makes me feel good!
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LlamaKing&hellip | October 4th, 2005 at 8:31 am
I used to run… those were the days. Wow, I sound like an old man. Good job running for thirty minutes though, thats impressive and far more than the normal person can do. At least in LA.
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Char&hellip | October 4th, 2005 at 3:30 pm
I have not ran in a while but I ran track in high school and college and need to get back to it, I have asthma too so I know how hard it can be, good for you!
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Lewis Moten&hellip | October 6th, 2005 at 12:29 am
Peter, you should stay far away from the bombshells flickr account.
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Gweny&hellip | October 8th, 2005 at 1:46 am
OMG! The first time I got back into exercising and jumped on the treadmill I was like “Oh yeah, I’ll just run for like an hour or so.” Um, no. I barely made it two minutes before I was like “What? Two minutes? Give me a break! I’m getting off this thing and hitting the Ben & Jerry’s instead!”
I applaud you, girl!
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Atomic Bombshell » &hellip | January 19th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
[...] The moment I started running I realized something was going terribly right. I kept getting faster, and faster; I could hardly believe it. People… I’ve got WHEELS! My first time running apart from the treadmill was the most unbelievable feeling. As an asthmatic, I had given up on the idea that a sprint like that was possible for me. [...]