Last night's shower was not an attempt to push limits. I went for a one-mile run and felt difficulty breathing. My lungs were screaming in an unusual way, enough to inspire some COVID paranoia. I started reading up on how COVID affects exercise. Many report lingering effects on their ability to breathe while doing strenuous exercise, including elevated heart rate and a feeling that they simply aren't able to take in enough oxygen. I haven't monitored my heart on these first two runs, but it is something to keep tabs on.
So when I got home after my run, I had to lay down for a while and just breathe. It hurt enough for me to resign myself to taking a shower just to take a shower. I expected to just rinse off, but stayed for over three minutes while listening to 1-800-ALARM-ME by the Arrogant Sons of Bitches (ASOB). ASOB was a fairly obscure Long Island punk/ska band with a strong DIY ethic. Lead singer Jeff Rosenstock has risen to some degree of fame as a solo artist. If you're of the punk persuasion but have a pop sensibility and are too old to mosh, I highly recommend his album WORRY.
All in all, not much to report. As I noted last time, I'll need to amp up the difficulty level in some way to keep the discomfort rolling in. Not that I'm comfortable in there, but it's nothing like the first time. But as with just about everything, it never is.
See the complete Spotify Cold Shower playlist here.
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