I heard once that you're supposed to take 5,000 steps a day to be heart healthy. I'm not sure I always take 5,000 in a week lately. My apartment is a minute from the school and the grocery store is 30 seconds from the store and I take an efficient path to the ramen and water and yogurt and whatever else is on my list. I waste no steps. But maybe I should because I don't walk too much otherwise. I don't need to! Sometimes I explore on the weekend, but I know the area and don't need to head beyond the area. And walking to the bus station or to the boxing gym adds some distance, but not enough. I really worry about how little I walk! I probably sound nuts.
So I'm going to try to go for an hour-long walk each night. I timed how long it took me to take 100 steps tonight. About 50 seconds at a comfortable pace. I did the math. I need to walk about 45 minutes a day to get my 5,000 steps. I can do that. I went to the KTX station tonight, the high speed rail, and then turned around.
But I literally just turned around. I got to the top of the steps, surrounded by people coming back from Seoul or headed to Gwanju or wherever, and I just did a 180 turn and went back the way I just came. I got pretty self-conscious at this point. I thought people were watching me, wondering, "Why's that waygook just turning around? Did he forget something at home?" Of course, they're wondering this in Korean.
Then I got to my apartment building and it had only been about 40 minutes so I decided to lap the neighborhood. But some lady was standing outside my apartment. She had seen me. She'd see me again when I completed the lap. Why does this worry me?!
I shoved those thoughts down long enough to do a lap but I had really hoped it'd take longer than five minutes. So I wanted to do another lap. But the lady was still there. And she was looking at me. She was probably staring like most Koreans do because I'm a foreigner (and so damn handsome!) but in my head, I was convinced she was getting suspicious of me since she had seen me twice in so little time. If she saw me a third time, she'd probably call the cops! =S
Give it to me straight, Doc. Am I nuts or what?
So I'm going to try to go for an hour-long walk each night. I timed how long it took me to take 100 steps tonight. About 50 seconds at a comfortable pace. I did the math. I need to walk about 45 minutes a day to get my 5,000 steps. I can do that. I went to the KTX station tonight, the high speed rail, and then turned around.
But I literally just turned around. I got to the top of the steps, surrounded by people coming back from Seoul or headed to Gwanju or wherever, and I just did a 180 turn and went back the way I just came. I got pretty self-conscious at this point. I thought people were watching me, wondering, "Why's that waygook just turning around? Did he forget something at home?" Of course, they're wondering this in Korean.
Then I got to my apartment building and it had only been about 40 minutes so I decided to lap the neighborhood. But some lady was standing outside my apartment. She had seen me. She'd see me again when I completed the lap. Why does this worry me?!
I shoved those thoughts down long enough to do a lap but I had really hoped it'd take longer than five minutes. So I wanted to do another lap. But the lady was still there. And she was looking at me. She was probably staring like most Koreans do because I'm a foreigner (and so damn handsome!) but in my head, I was convinced she was getting suspicious of me since she had seen me twice in so little time. If she saw me a third time, she'd probably call the cops! =S
Give it to me straight, Doc. Am I nuts or what?
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