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I’ve started running. Last week I went down to the river walk in Sanford and attempted to run a mile. I ran a half mile and I felt like someone had punched me really hard in the chest, so I walked the other half mile back. I can’t believe it’s so hard. I must be really out of shape, even more so than I thought. I did the same thing again yesterday. My goal is to run 2 or 3 times a week and gradually build up to longer distances. Eventually I’d like to be able to run 2 miles without too much difficulty. It’ll take a while to build up to that, but I’m sure I can do it.
What got me started on this is that I was watching some videos online of people doing free running, and I mentioned casually to my brother David that I’d like to be able to do that. He commented that a good place to start would be to practice running to build up stamina. So that’s what I’m doing. Once I feel a little more confident in my athletic abilities I’ll start testing out my acrobatics. Even if I never get that good, the cardiovascular workout can’t be bad for me.
I wanted to share some music videos I enjoyed recently. Both of them are from artists I'm not really familiar with, I just happened to see the videos and I thought they were very well done. The songs aren't too bad either.
This first one is for a song called Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie. This is an interesting take on stop-motion photography. I like how they use clothes, pillow, blankets, etc. to depict clouds and things.
The next video is for the song Get Up and Go by Broadcast 2000. This combines a couple of things I like. Free running is always fun to watch. I enjoy their use of black and white visuals with isolated objects in color. Their use of reverse, slow-motion, and fast-motion effects are cool too.
Did you enjoy these videos? Seen any good ones lately? Please share your comments below.