You know who they are. And you know that secretly, you probably wish to be more like them. Who wouldn’t? Who wouldn’t wish to be part of the all- encompassing cardio nation…

It’s Monday morning. 7:55 a.m. Time to get to work. Time to walk up the mile+ hill which leads to my job. A beautiful, scenic route through trees and nature. Each Monday it’s the same… I haven’t made the walk over the two day weekend, my body has already begun to despise the hill. It’s all up hill. Partially steep. I walk briskly, admiring the trees, the sunrise to my right. The birds. And then it begins.

Same procedure as each passing day. The heartbeat which becomes just a little bit more intensified. Thump. Thump. Thump. The legs which feel they become heavier as the hill ascends, making it just a littletoo  uncomfortable to continue in the same…