Windy days and Wednesdays
Clearly keep me down!
So I took the dog out this morning & my first thought was, “gee, if that giant cloud moves along, it might warm up enough for my run.” So I farted around the house (only semi-literally, mind you) for as long as I possibly could, threw on my running clothes & thought, “I can do this.”
Half way to the car I turned around & went back inside for my winter hat & thought, “I can do this.” On the way to the Portage, the nice lady on the radio said it was 51 inland and 46 on the water (that’s about 8 celsius), and I thought, “I can do this.”
The sky was dark, the water was choppy and the color of coal, the wind was blowing, but still I thought, “I can do this.”
Well, let’s make this long story short at last…I was outside about 2 minutes before I thought, “yes, I really CAN do this, but I’m not gonna.” So I headed for the student rec & had a lovely run on the treadmill…5K in 46:34, average speed of 3.99 (damn! so close!). With luck I’ll get one more outside run in before Sunday, but I’m not ready to run in cold and wind quite yet.
Of course, when I emerged from the gym, the sun was likewise emerging from behind the giant cloud…so hopefully things will warm up enough this afternoon so I can work some on hubby’s garden before I leave.
Breakfast: kashi & blueberries
snack: ww toffee
lunch: lean pocket & 10 chips, handful of roasted soy beans.
snack: hard-boiled egg
dinner: salad, lean-cuisine bar-b-que chicken pizza, ww toffee
exercise: 3.33 miles on the treadmill in 50 mins. 1 hour walk with hubby & dog on beach, about 2 miles.
41 cloudy and windy?? Not for me either. Tm. was a great choice! Doing very well; aiming to hit any certain time on race day?
Hi soclose,
I’m hoping to finish the race around 47 minutes, which will have me finishing with the walkers, I suspect, but that’s a decent time (about mid-level) for 40+ year olds in this race.
What I want to know is how you are going to celebrate this first 5k thing? That is HUGE! Which beer is fitting for the occasion?
I think you need to change the title of your blog to DAMN RIGHT I RUN NOW. You da man.
Hey ya sure had me going! Heeyuck…I kept thinking she’s gonna do it, here she goes…any sentence now she’s going to say she did it…and then…the treadmill.
Now ya know I don’t mind a little rain, but that sounded a smidgen too windy and cold for me, too.
So ya got a 5k race coming up right around the corner. I think I’d like to try an organized running event sometime and although there is nothing close by, I could make little trips which could be interesting. Up till now I’ve been telling myself I need to be better than I am. Baloney!!! bigprof, you inspire me! And damn straight you’re a runner!