Making Time for Miles

Greetings! Most folks work to manage time wisely. In terms of exercise, I have always advocating making regular exercise a priority.  There are ways to make it happen for all levels of fitness. Folks new to exercise can read while on treadmills, stationary bikes and elliptical machines. People can watch television while doing low impact exercises in homes or gyms.  However, more intense resistance or cardio exercise requires more focus on the moves and trainers, and of course running takes time.

I’ve come to realize how using in-home DVD exercise programs created a major shift in my planning of exercise time. Just getting ready for a run takes a few minutes, and then there’s the time on the road. At present, I’m training for a 10-miler in October and a half marathon the following month. Getting in a long run or two each week has caused me to do some shifting in my routines. It’s a first world problem, I know. In fact, I feel pretty bad as I worked myself in to this situation with in-home convenience exercise for a couple of years. 

To make it more interesting, I’m trying to get in long runs and Shannan is training for a 10-mile speed walk. Saturday and Sunday I’m readjusting my time for my exercise and trying to walk with her as well. It’s quite a difference to schedule three to four hours verses 30 to 45 minutes. It will come together. 

Make time. Run.

Tom