Ow!

So for the past two days I have ran. Yup, feet pounding the pavement, lets finally take our body seriously run. I will admit the distance wasnt that far, as in, a mile or so. I'll also admit the primary motivations.
#1: Toby exercises for over an hour every night and he is looking damn good. I am inspired by his willpower and feel lazy for not even trying to become physically healthy. He is great about asking me if I want to join, accepting my declines, and telling me I'm still hot. Although, I sure dont feel hot.
#2: The first time I stepped on the wii fit, it weighed me and my bmi was in the overweight range. As if that wasnt enough, my mii gained 10 lbs in the belly, arms flew out, and a "ba-oump" sound emerged from my television. Seriously bad news there.

So about the running. The first night Toby and I wanted to go to the local highschool track because I whined about impact. Too bad lacrosse practice was going on, so we went around this tiny section of a nearby neighborhood that actually has street lights.
Second night I took my dog. She thinks running = grab the leash in my mouth and play tug of war. I quickly stopped that with my man voice of discipline. So we are doing good until 2 stray dogs come running up on us. I go on this mile loop daily for dog walks and have never seen these dogs. One labradoodle, one lab. Play time ensued, just as my heartrate and breathing was stabalizing. Eventually, the dogs run ahead, and run back around me, and I have to use my man voice of discipline on them too. They still stuck around, and I'm about 3/4 of the way through my mile when I realize I'm leading these stray dogs to a very busy road by my house. I can't let this mess up traffic or let the dogs get hit. So I turn around, ready to go another 3/4 mile...I'll admit there was walking involved too. Dogs still running around us like crazy, but my dog is doing well and probably in shock that her mother is running. Eventually, the dogs go up a side road and I take the opportunity to engage my fast-twitch muscles and start running fast. We lost them just before I revisited the busy road.
So now, I'm real sore. I look like an old lady when descending stairs. I power walked for a mile today. Tomorrow, maybe tae-bo. The goal is 3 days of exercise a day.

Please pray to the health gods for my persistence.