Our riding lawn mower is having problems with the transaxle (I think). It is a 2005 Craftsman, 42inch, with hydrostatic drive. The problem is that it slips out of gear or something. Often, when going up hill, it will make an odd sound and then free-wheel backwards down the hill. Braking will stop it and seems to put it back into gear.
This morning, I dropped it off at the shop and then before going into work did 4 easy miles.
The thing is, I live out it the country and just don't like running out there. It is kinda weird but I feel super self-conscience running when noone is around but in town, I feel completely invisible among people.
I'm not sure why this is but it is real enough that at times I don't run from home. Partially, I'm embarrassed running among my neighbors, many who are farmers. I'm imagining them thinking, "what a wuss, a real man gets enough excercise doing chores". I grew up among farmers and loggers (my dad, for example) so I know how physical their lifestyle is. But I'm a computer programmer and the 40ish hours a week that I spend "working" does nothing for my health. So, yeah, I need to make a point of exercising.
I'm not embarrssed at all about how I run--I move along at a reasonable enough speed most of the time and it isn't like I run like some weirdo.
Another part of the problem is I have limited options--at the end of my driveway, I can head one of three directions and then I run a mile before I get to decide where to turn. Our roads follow the mile grids laid out by the surveyors when the Public Land Survey was originally done. It gets a bit lame running the same roads over and over again.
That contradicts myself a bit because I don't mind running the bike trails where I don't get a choice at all--x miles out, x miles back. As long as I don't hit the same trail too often.
It's the same as where I grew up--I had to run at least a mile before i hit an intersection and then i only had two choices.
Anyhow, I am often looking for reasons to go into town and piggy-back a run out of it.
3.25 miles @ 8:54
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