Notes: Source: Nikewomen. SMWI*=Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration
Tag: Fitness
Running. With Flaubert.
Let’s frame up the mood this morning.
I step on and off the scale. It could be worse. What’s of greater concern is the lack of disgust. Why not just paint a large white flag on the belly and add in large font: “Yes, I quit.” Middle aged man on the down side.
It’s 8:00 am. Zeke and I are laying in bed and I’m scanning the morning papers. It wasn’t so long ago that I would have run 10 miles by 8:30 am and be done with breakfast. Now, I’m just thinking about breakfast.
The ladies of the house are off to Yoga. Men don’t do Yoga. This man anyway. Too many sweaty bodies in close proximity. Lululemon pants exposing things I don’t need to see. Rubber mats. Rubber room. Claustrophobia. Get me out of here.
Earlier in the week, Rachel pointed out that I’m wearing a track suit (expandable waist) with increasing frequency. I brush her off but the hit is direct, the wound lingers.
Yes, I’ve become Abigail Thomas‘ large and growing Inaction Figure: Torpor. Languor. Stupor. Continue reading “Running. With Flaubert.”
Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration
Italian Lucio Santin enjoys the sunny spring weather at the English Garden in downtown Munich. (Source: Michaela Rehle @ wsj.com Photo of the Day 4/9/15)
SMWI*: Let’s go paddleboarding
Notes:
- “A paddleboarder floats by Lone Rock on Lake Powell near Big Water, Utah.”
- Source/Photographer: Justin Sullivan via wsj.com
- SMWI* = Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspirational
