
One of my favorite things to do in Buenos Aires is walk through the Bosques de Palermo, Parks of Palermo. I realized that if I enjoyed walking through them, I might as well try running through them. I started completing an app on my phone called couch to 5k, interval training to get someone running a 5k in 8 weeks. After the first thirty days passed I started a second 30-day challenge to keep pushing myself and and was running about three times a week. I also ran my first 5k yay! In the third month I started practicing Bikram Yoga at least three times a week. There is one Bikram Yoga studio in Argentina and it happens to be five blocks from my apartment woo! I also started training for a 10k which would take me another six weeks to complete.

I started exercising first because I was bored, continued because I am stubborn/had to finish the challenges that I had started, and now exercise because I enjoy it. I love the way it makes me feel and I like that its my time during the day to focus on me and let my mind wander freely. Three months ago I could not run a mile and now I am running over six miles at a time. When I return to the US, I want to find somewhere I enjoy running as much as I do through the Palermo Parks and also keep up the yoga. My body feel so much stronger, more flexible, and healthier and I have the Bosques de Palermo to thank for this. Buenos Aires has given me so much this past year and honestly, I never thought it would teach me to enjoy exercise but it has!
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