Week 1, Day 4 (revisited)

Many’s the day I took for granted
Breathing the air that silenced some
As the North Wind blew
With its head of thunder
Beating its breast with a war drenched song

Screw the gym - I ran outside today!

I made myself another whole wheat tofu scramble wrap thing for breakfast. Three bites into it, my arm decided it would be fun to knock my breakfast onto the kitchen floor (the same thing happened last week at the Red and Black Cafe, except it was a glass of water). Into the garbage it went, and as I was washing my plate, I noticed the sun was out. Without even thinking twice about it, I ran to my room, changed into my running gear, hopped into the car and drove down to the track.

It was a crisp 46°F, mostly cloudy, wind blowing in from the north (hence the Flogging Molly lyrics). I had on a long sleeved shirt, my fleece vest and a hoodie (plus a baseball hat to keep my head warm/the sun off my face). By the time I got to the fourth run, I had taken the hoodie off and had worked up a nice sweat. That was also when I noticed a battered old red pick up parked in the grass at the north end of the track. Kinda made me nervous, but I’m paranoid like that. I turned my headphones way down until I spotted a guy a few yards away, apparently pulling weeds. Since it was the middle of a field, I thought that was strange, but whatever. I kept going. My asthma was still acting up, but not enough to slow me down.

By the sixth run, a middle-aged man had joined me on the track, and by the eight run so had a woman and her incredibly happy Golden Retriever. I wasn’t too bothered by the company, mostly because we were spaced pretty far apart, and I was finishing up my run anyway.

I pushed myself for the last run, cooled down, did some stretching and then drove home. Had a glass of OJ and then did 20 minutes of yoga stretches. I'm really happy right now. I’ve been reading No Need for Speed, which I got from the library yesterday, and when I woke up this morning, all I could think about was running. And I did it! I ran all three days this week! Next week I’m definitely starting (revisiting) Week 2. It’s supposed to rain on Tuesday, but hopefully I’ll luck out like today and beat the weather.

Now it’s time for laundry and later? Sister Bingo.

P.S. Five minutes after I got home, it started pouring. SCORE!

P.P.S. Sister Bingo was a smashing success.