我非常讨厌跑步,直到50岁我改变了这一点
<p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 1, 2018, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pair">pair</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sneakers">sneakers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 30 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p>2018年2月1日,我穿上运动鞋开始跑步,这是我30多年来的第一次跑步经历。</p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="runner">runner</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mild">mild</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sum">sum</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="active">active</span> <span word="antipathy">antipathy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>. <span word="Exercise">Exercise</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> - <span word="undertaken">undertaken</span> <span word="periodically">periodically</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="best">best</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="size">size</span>.</p><p>我从来不跑步是我这一生反感活动的温和说辞。我从来都不是锻炼爱好者--充其量不过是定期锻炼,以使身材更为苗条。</p><p><span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> 50<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="shape">shape</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pair">pair</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sneakers">sneakers</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="tennis">tennis</span> <span word="lessons">lessons</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1999 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="oversized">oversized</span> <span word="neon">neon</span> <span word="pink">pink</span> <span word="sweatshirt">sweatshirt</span>, <span word="gasping">gasping</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pavement">pavement</span>.</p><p>但现在我50多岁了,感觉自己很笨重、身材走样,所以穿上了1999年上网球课时买的那双运动鞋,套上宽大的霓虹粉运动衫,再次气喘吁吁地在人行道上跑了起来。</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="blame">blame</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="again">again</span> - <span word="and">and</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="sitting">sitting</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="exercising">exercising</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="gotten">gotten</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="shape">shape</span>. <span word="On">On</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="media">media</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="vicariously">vicariously</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="people">people</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fitness">fitness</span> <span word="successes">successes</span>: <span word="an">an</span> <span word="overweight">overweight</span> <span word="mom">mom</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="marathon">marathon</span> <span word="runner">runner</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ran">ran</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="weight">weight</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="music">music</span> <span word="critic">critic</span> <span word="colleague">colleague</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="tweeted">tweeted</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="day">day</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="playlist">playlist</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="run">run</span>.</p><p>我将其归咎于技术。电脑让我再次跑了起来--而不仅是因为多年来久坐不动使我身材走样。在社交媒体上,我间接关注了他人的健身成功历程:一位成为马拉松运动员的超重母亲,一位走着跑着减掉了一半体重的朋友,一位每次跑完步就会分享音乐单的音乐评论家同事。</p>
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