By the numbers

Today:
5 - Glasses of wine
4 - Times brushing my teeth
3 - Miles on the treadmill
2 - Showers
1 - Very long, frustrating conversation with one of those people that I should know their name, but couldn't remember their name, and their badge was on backwards...

Wild Things

I'm excited about this:


Anyone with me??

Remembering Why

My short attention span and I went for a run with Jill this evening. She had already done a long workout today, but knowing that there's no earthly way I would go out for a run by myself, she took pity on me. Plus, it was one of those beautiful afternoons that begs people to enjoy the outdoors.

I've been sick for about a week and hadn't ran for about 10 days. I knew the run would be a struggle, which is why Jill was recruited and I picked my favorite route.

The run was long and hilly, but generally unremarkable. The last half-mile is a nice downhill. At that point, I was pretty much beat and trying to keep form until the finish, Jill had run ahead. A cyclist heading up the hill gave us both words of encouragement. Those words gave me a little boost that I very much needed. I don't know why those words stuck with me today. It's generally good form to greet others on this route and not unusual to say a few encouraging words to whomever is doing the climbing at the moment--it's pretty much all up and down hills. The encouragement in the last quarter mile of my run today maybe was just what I needed to remember one of the reasons why I keep doing this.