The Mandelbear's Musings

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen.)

Went out this morning for a walk around the rose garden, with my new running shoes and 2.5 pounds of sand wrapped loosely around each wrist. (They call 'em "5-lb wrist/ankle weights" -- 5 is the total for the pair.) I got a 10-lb set as well, but decided to change only one variable at a time at the end of my legs.

Got about 1 mile -- to the corner across the street from the Rose Garden -- before my arms became too tired to continue pumping the weights. A bit more of a workout than I'm used to, though not quite enough. After about half a trip around the Rose Garden I went back to my old walking pace. The shoes were definitely an improvement, but I still had some shin tightness, so it's safe to assume I'm still doing something wrong.

I was sleepy all afternoon; ended up taking a nap. Oh, and based on what I saw at Play It Again Sports yesterday, there's no way to get any kind of exercise machine into the house. Those things are bloody huge -- even the fold-up treadmill would take up too much space. So I'll be using machines at the gym, if at all.