The English translation is below
前回のブログで、私は2年ほど前に走り始めたと書きました♪
WHY ?! 小学校から運動が嫌いだったのに！
学生が終わって体育がなくなってからは
ずっとスポーツを避けてきた人生だったのに！！
今回はまた番外編として、どうしてこんな真逆のことを
やるようになったのかをシェアしたいと思います
私と同じように、義務教育の体育にいい思い出がない方には
特に刺さるかもしれません
ひどい運動オンチというわけではないんですけど、（5段階評価でいつも3）
夏は暑いし、冬は寒いのでまず野外スポーツなんて論外。
室内にしても、大きいボールはダメですね。バレーはレシーブしたら
腕が痛いだけです。バスケなんて、人が持ってるボールを奪いにいくような
アグレッシブさは、私にはありません。接触プレーも避けたいので
パスが来ないように敵の後ろをとりあえずウロウロして、やってる感は
出しているつもりですが。。。
たいてい初日に突き指して、バスケの授業はしばらく見学になるのが
お決まりのパターンです。内心ホッとしてます（笑）
ドッヂボールなんて、もはやイジメ同然ですよ
卒業すれば体育から解放され、運動とは無縁の生活を送っていました
そして時は流れ。。。
2020年 春 全世界で新型コロナが大流行
私は両親と一緒に住んでいるのですが、コロナが長引くにつれ
感染を恐れて外出しにくくなってしまい
2人とも運動不足に陥っていました。
「高齢者は不要不急の外出は控えて！」って感じでしたよね
そんな時母が「ルームランナーが欲しい」と言い出したんですよ
で、私がAmazonで良さそうなのを選んで購入しました
（モチロン代金は母持ち）
2022年 秋 ランニングマシンを購入
この税込３万円ほどの機械が、のちの運命を変え、
なくてはならないものになるとは。。。
でもまだ買ったばかりの時は、もの珍しさで気が向いた時に
ウォーキングするくらいでした
ランニングシューズを買う気もありません
ただ、その気になればいつでも走れる環境は整いました
やっぱり何かを始めるときに、ハードルが低いっていうのは
すごく大事なんですよ。ここ、強調しときます！
さて、次回は何がトリガーになったのかです！
P.S もともと痩せ形なので、ダイエット目的ではありません
→EPISODE 2へ続く
In my previous post, I mentioned that I started running about two years ago. ♪
WHY?! Even though I’d hated sports ever since elementary school!
After I finished being a student and no longer had PE classes,
I spent my life actively avoiding sports altogether!!
This time, as a bit of a side story, I’d like to share why I ended up doing something so completely opposite to who I used to be.
If, like me, you don’t have fond memories of PE classes during compulsory education, this might especially resonate with you.
It’s not that I was terrible at sports — I was always somewhere in the middle, usually a 3 out of 5.
But summer was too hot, winter was too cold, so outdoor sports were out of the question.
Even indoors, big balls were a no.
In volleyball, all you get from receiving the ball is sore arms.
And basketball? I just don’t have the kind of aggressiveness it takes to go after a ball someone else is holding.
I also prefer to avoid physical contact, so I’d wander around behind the other team, trying my best to look like I was participating…
More often than not, I’d jam a finger on the very first day, which meant sitting out the basketball unit for a while —
and honestly, I felt relieved. (laughs)
As for dodgeball, that’s practically bullying.
Once I graduated, I was finally free from PE, and I went on to live a life completely unrelated to sports.
And then, time passed…
Spring 2020.
A new coronavirus spread rapidly across the world.
I live with my parents, and as the pandemic dragged on, we became more and more hesitant to go out for fear of infection.
Both of them gradually became physically inactive.
It was the time when messages like
“Older adults should avoid non-essential outings”
were everywhere, after all.
Around that time, my mother suddenly said,
“I want a treadmill.”
So I picked out one that looked decent on Amazon and ordered it
(of course, she paid for it).
Autumn 2022.
We bought a running machine.
Little did I know that this machine, which cost around ¥30,000 including tax, would later change my life — and become something I simply couldn’t do without.
But when we had just bought it, the novelty wore off quickly.
At first, I only used it for walking, and only when I felt like it.
I had no intention of buying running shoes, either.
Still, one important thing had changed:
the environment was there — I could run anytime, if I wanted to.
When it comes to starting something new, having a low barrier to entry really matters.
This is worth emphasizing.
So, what was the trigger that finally got me running?
That’s for the next episode!
P.S. I’ve always been on the slim side, so this wasn’t about dieting.
→ To be continued: EPISODE 2
