Since I signed up to contribute, I guess I should contribute something. Not too concerned about my weight. I've lost about 12 pounds since last July and managed to keep it off over the winter. I'm also not too concerned with "getting in shape." I'm not too bad in that department. At my age, I'm not interested in body-building, etc. My staying-in-shape goal is to stay in good enough shape to keep playing floor hockey with 20-30 year-olds.
I do want to restart the C25K soon though. Jonathan got me interested in running last summer and I did do the C25K program, but I'm not a winter runner so I need to start all over now. I'm hoping to get going soon and to do it with our dog which is new to us since last summer. I am walking her now for about 40-60 minutes a day. She has been my best motivation for regular, daily exercise through the winter. I'm hoping she will cooperate with this running program. Another motivator for me was recently buying my first ever true running shoe. Haven't tried them yet, but I'm looking forward to it when we get a good run of Spring weather to get going.
Well that's where I'm at. Looking forward to checking in to see how everyone is doing.
All the best,
Dave Groff (Jonathan's dad)
Thanks for the post. It really is my hope to get a nice large list of contributors with a wide variety of fitness goals. I don't want this to just be about weight loss, so I appreciate your point of view. I love that your goals are for practical, functional fitness just to enjoy life. What better reason is there?
ReplyDeleteI do like the C25K program and have decided that once the ground dries up here a bit, I will be starting it again too. Our gym has been out of commission, and will be for a while yet, so,I haven't been able to run in there. Jen also mentioned getting started with this again, too. I'm looking forward to running with you when you come visit this summer.
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