On 1 October 1988, 21 years ago today, I began to exercise regularly.
I exercised regularly during the previous year, but I was locked in jails and only able to exercise in my cell with pushups. By the time I transferred to the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, I was fit and ready to commit to a lifelong fitness plan. Since then, not a single week has passed without my exercising at least four days.
Recently, 293 days ago, I began exercising every day. I’ve been blessed withexcellent health that allows me to keep this schedule, but I’m certain that exercising every day contributes to my good health. During that stretch, I’ve run 2,606 miles, including the 10 miles that I ran this morning. It was during that run that I thought about how essential fitness has been to my adjustment through these decades of imprisonment.
Today, I finished the edit through chapter nine of Earning Freedom. In one more week, I’ll finish the last of this editing round, and I’m pleased. The only thing that makes me happier is that Carole will visit me tomorrow.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
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