My beloved husband took up running on his 40th birthday, blast him!, and now I am running as well. There are several reasons for this.

One, of course, is health. Everyone should be as healthy as they can. If you are healthy, you have a greater chance of living long and being healthy.

A second is the fact that I am “the older woman.” I wouldn’t want him to get in shape and look gorgeous and me still me a middle-aged housefrau.

The third is that my mom is in terrible health. She’s been significantly overweight since she was at least 32. When I was 17 she lost 100 pounds and was down to a size 12, which is what I wear right now. I think she stayed at a size 12 for a month or two and then she started gaining again. So she’s been 100 pounds overweight, at least, for almost 27 years.

For me, the good thing is that the most I’ve ever been overweight is 50 pounds and that was for a two month period. Of course, right now, and for the last several months, I have been 25 pounds overweight. That’s not good.

Anyway, this is about running. So…

Last week I ran:
1.5 min run
1.5 min walk
3 min run
1.5 min walk
1.5 min run
1.5 min walk
3 min run
1.5 min walk
1.5 min run
1.5 min walk
3 min run
1.5 min walk

This week I am running, and have run this morning:
1.5 min run
1.5 min walk
3 min run
1.5 min walk
3 min run
1.5 min walk
3 min run
1.5 min walk
3 min run
1.5 min walk
3 min run
1.5 min walk
1.5 min run
walk home