Today was my first “pace” run. It was awful. Well, the pace part was. Essentially, for a designated period of your run, you are running in sets of distances at different paces. The name of the workout is creative, you see. So you have an “easy” beginning, a pace run in the middle, with an easy finish. Which translates to: “Oh yeah, this isn’t so bad OH MY GOD THIS IS STUPID WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF WE HAVE CARS OR HORSES OR BISON THIS ISN’T NECESSARY oh i’m thirsty i’m gonna sit down why is it dark now?”
In other exciting news:
- Found a nickel near the end of the first mile! Must use sound judgement on how to spend it (Googling “What can I buy with a nickel?” yields a shocking number of results. Apparently this is a common issue?). I hope all miles end with trivial amounts of coinage.
- I greeted a nice old man as I rolled myself down the sidewalk, and he responded by flailing and shouting “HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!” It made me wonder: What is the acceptable period of time to wish someone a “Happy New Year”? Is there some unspoken deadline that we, as a society, have covertly determined (if so, I missed that meeting)? Is it all of January? Until the snow melts? When is the year not “new” anymore? How quickly does it tarnish? Is every year different? Maybe 2013 will age faster than the ever-youthful 2012. Maybe 2011 was just super stressed out, and that’s why it’s hair got grey at the end of February. When does a year have its midlife crisis? Anyway, I responded to 2013’s biggest fan in kind, although, so near to the end of my run, I was flailing for different reasons.
- But luckily, I discovered my inner motivation voice today! I’ve read that it’s a very special day when you first hear that wondrous subconscious encouragement. Unfortunately for me, mine is apparently kind of evil. (For you Supernatural fans, think Sam and Lucifer [except Lucifer was nicer]. Right before Sam lost it completely. Oh. Uh oh.) Maybe if I split our nickel profits, she’ll won’t make me - I mean TRY TO make me - cry next time.
#PACE IS A SYNONYM FOR STUPID#NICKEL BACK#NOT THE BAND#NEVER THE BAND#PRESSING ISSUES IN SOCIETY#KINDLY NEIGHBORS#SEASONAL GREETINGS#WHEN DOES A YEAR HAVE ITS MIDLIFE CRISIS?#I HEAR A VOICE IN MY HEAD#AND SHE'S NOT VERY NICE#IT'S PROBABLY BAD WHEN SOMEONE NAMED LUCIFER IS NICER THAN YOUR OWN SUBCONSCIOUS#BUT IT'S NOT THE REAL LUCIFER#THE REAL ONE IS PROBABLY WORSE#PHASE ONE#5K/10K TRAINING#RUNNING#CHEESEBURGERS ARE TASTIER THAN MARATHONS#SUPERNATURAL
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