No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth and no, I haven't given up running. I have my next 5K, The Great Train Race, coming up in about 12 days or so. I'm nervous about this because The Sprite will not be running with me because she's jetting off to California to visit her mom.The nerve of her.
Don't worry about me though, I've tricked 2 other people to run this with me. Neither of which have ever run a 5K. Hee hee. This may just make me look GOOD.
There are a couple of things that I'm going to switch up for this race. I plan on wearing shorts this time instead of long pants. At about mile 2 I don't give a flip if my legs are jiggling because I'm HOT and I want my leg skin to BREATHE! The first 5K I ran was in cooler weather, I was fine so I foolishly decided that I would wear the same type of outfit to the one in July...STOOOPID. The second thing I'm switching up is I'm going to wear my iPod.
Why have I not been wearing it-you ask?
For the same reason I wore long pants to road race in July. It's right up there, people...I'll wait for you to go re-read it and come back. You know, you should really take your time and absorb the words that you're reading so you don't have to go back and re-read...but I digress...Yes, the answer to the question of why I haven't worn my iPod to any races is because again, I'm stupid aka STOOOPID. The other reason I haven't worn it is because all the race rules I've ever read say that you can wear iPods but they're discouraged because "a road race is a social event yada yada yada."
Guess what? Ms. Antisocial-iPod-short-wearer has come to town.
I feel like a rebel.
Just don't tell my mom.
Hopefully I can get my caboose (get it? caboose?) across the finish line in under 28 minutes.
For the same reason I wore long pants to road race in July. It's right up there, people...I'll wait for you to go re-read it and come back. You know, you should really take your time and absorb the words that you're reading so you don't have to go back and re-read...but I digress...Yes, the answer to the question of why I haven't worn my iPod to any races is because again, I'm stupid aka STOOOPID. The other reason I haven't worn it is because all the race rules I've ever read say that you can wear iPods but they're discouraged because "a road race is a social event yada yada yada."
Guess what? Ms. Antisocial-iPod-short-wearer has come to town.
I feel like a rebel.
Just don't tell my mom.
Hopefully I can get my caboose (get it? caboose?) across the finish line in under 28 minutes.
2 comments:
I remember the day, I stopped caring what my legs looked like and cared a little more about how I felt running, because it was for me. Bravo.
Best of luck with your next race. I gave running a try about two years ago for quite awhile and could never get in the groove. I still wonder what "runner's high" feels like. Good for you- keep it up!
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