So my work is on this kick. You get a physical and get this health guide on the web, things to do things to eat. If you do it they knock $30 a month off your insurance premium. Turns out my blood pressure and triglycerides are high and I have a spare tire to lose. The program suggests two servings of fish per week, three fruits, five vegetables, and 30 minutes of exercise vigorous enough to cause heavy breathing.
 

Twenty years ago I was running 10-15 miles every day and climbing the stairs in 23 story buildings(plural). I’m still in great shape, right? I walk at least half a mile every day between buildings and the parking lot. I climb a single flight of stairs half a dozen times. How bad can I be? It’s hard for the nurse to find a good vein to draw blood. I’ll just start running again, build up my cardio, loose the weight.
 

A mile to start should be easy so I head down to the track and start on my first lap at a loping 12 minute mile pace. Three,,,quarters…..of………..the………..way………..a…round…………and………………..I……………..can’…t………………………….b…r….e……a……t…….h………e  Not a heart attack, I just can’t get enough air in fast enough after  a 300 yard jog. I slow down to a walk. After I can gasp again I start thinking, “This is crap. I have to be better than this!” I start doing wind splints, running 220 then walking 220, pushing a little faster each time.  I manage to get about six more in before my liver and the left arm where the lymph duct empties start to ache too much and I quit. It’s just a hundred yards short of a mile.
 

That night I got up and realized I’d bused the bottoms of my feet. That went away by the next day, and then the calves started burning. Two days later and I’m through the Frankenstein staggers. I almost walk like a human. Just in time to go to the track again! I know my veins are still too tiny to carry enough blood. I only hacked up about a tenth of what has taken up permanent residence in my lungs.
 

How did I get in this shape? By fooling myself and ignoring the signs. By never getting feedback when it mattered. Friends never tell you, “You need a bath!” they just stop hanging around and being friends after a while. Only family will tell you, “You stink!”
 

One of the reasons I like these forums is you don’t get ripped apart like some others. On the other hand, I have not been interested in Brycing for a while. I never got more than a few votes. None of my work ever seems good enough to me. When I spend extra time it just gets more cluttered and I wind up with a dozen foci instead of one. I suspect I think I’m much better than anyone else does. So do I stink? And what type of soap should I use to get rid of it?