Day 17

First of all, did I say RUN two miles without stopping? I may need to get my head examined. What I meant was WALK really fast for two miles without stopping. Did I forget that I’m thirty-some-odd years old and haven’t run in 20 years?

Whew! Today was hard. I think it was a combination of the sun, humidity and the lack of sleep but GOOD LAWD I had to push to get those 2.11 miles in and I only ran a portion of the first 4 laps. I walked those last two laps like my name was “Little Ol’ Lady.” Yes I did. Well actually, I started to and then we’ll get to what happened in a minute.

I got up at my normal time (6:00 am) and I felt a little tired but got up anyway. Normally, I can rest a little more if I need to but now I have to get to the track early as I’m now driving my eldest son to school because his car needs repair. Damn that car! Damn it to hell!  I then go downstairs and let out Sara, my beautiful boxer puppy, let her do her business and then head off to the track.

Everything started out well until I got to about 1.30 miles (I know that because of my handy dandy Nike + app) and then the tiredness kicked in (or maybe the devil). I blame both.  The little Tired Devil voice told me to finish off that last lap and go home and I was fine with doing just that! I started making excuses to myself to co-sign what the Tired Devil voice was telling me. I told myself I did not have enough sleep last night. I knew that was bull because I run/walked on 3 hours sleep before. I blamed it on the fact that I knew I didn’t have enough calories the day before (I don’t know where that came from) and everything else I could think of. Then just as I was preparing myself to be Queenie Quitter, a song appeared in the shuffle and I knew I had to keep pressing on. My friend R.S. is going to get a BIG kick out of this one.

A big shout-out goes to Johnny Gill! Of all the 1,347 songs in my Iphone, Johnny’s “Rub You The Right Way” pops up out of nowhere. I’m not kidding. I could not have planed it better if I tried. I was so tired all I could do was walk, let alone pick the next song on my Iphone. That song is not even on my Nike + Power Song list. I don’t know how or why it came up at that exact moment but I was glad it did. I thought about Johnny dancing up and down on those cubes in the video with all that energy and him not falling and I put some pep in my step. Now I didn’t start running. Let’s not get crazy, but I picked up my pace and finished the 2 miles. I don’t even remember what song came on next. I was still high off of “Rub You The Right Way!”

Wait, did I tell you all I added the 8^th lap already? Whoops. Sorry. I added it I think the last time I ran/walked.  I figured that since the way I was running/walking around the track I was running/walking two miles anyway so now I just stay in the same lane for all eight laps.

So all and all, today was a good day. Not the best but at least I did 2.11 miles. My time was so-so. I think tomorrow I will try run/walking on the treadmill. I haven’t walked/run on it since I started this not training for a marathon but I may need to because the sun was whipping my tail today. The vitamin D is good, but it drained all my other nutrients and energy. Besides, you know I had to get the most fancy treadmill they make right? I am Gadget Girl. I can't do regular. It’s time to put that baby to use. At least until this heat wave passes. It's either that or I'll pass out on that track from heat exhaustion. Not even Johnny Gill's song will save me from that.

Well, until tomorrow my friends…

Ms. P.