Having done some traveling across Europe, iv'e found that there are 2 main salads eaten: Niçoise and Caprese. The first can come loaded with bacon and hard boiled eggs, and the second comes with a giant ball of buffalo mozzarella cheese plopped right in the middle of a few slices of tomato.
I guess what i'm trying to say is unhealthy eating habits plus staying in and studying (okay, Netflixing) do not a summer bikini body make. And since i'm not on my feet at Disneyland 8 hours a day, I decided to start exercising. But i'm cheap, and didn't want to join a gym. And then there is the argument "Why exercise?? You're studying abroad, live life to the fullest!!" Which can only be said by someone who has never heard of the Cadbury Creme Egg.
Soooo I started running, forgetting the fact that I was a dancer for 12 years and only really know how to exert all my energy for 3 minutes and then stop. Whats endurance? I know absolutely nothing about running. I don't know the difference of all the shoes Nike has in its stores, so I just wear my converse. When I run, I run like someone is chasing me. I don't really understand "jogging". You're just getting there slower.
Not only is running foreign to me, other people know it. I was on the phone with my dad the other day, and said I was going to go for a run after we hung up. He said "What?". Thinking it was a just a poor connection, I repeated myself, only to hear "You, run? Since when? I've never seen you run." Which is probably true, because my dad has never seen me being chased by a bear or something.
However, I am determined to learn how to jog, even if it means listening to Enya just so I can slow down my pace. I signed up for a half-marathon in October and have been following this program so I don't pass out in the middle of it:
http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2013/09/training-tips/couch-to-half-marathon-training-plan_15065/3
But I mean, am I allowed to stop for snacks?
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