My Mom called me this morning from work and told me she would be home by 5pm and that I should have my running clothes on and be ready to go out the door. I love Moms. I really do. So I finally got to run outside again and it made me feel joyful in my heart - well after I got through the first mile and a half or so. For the first mile and a half it was mostly me wishing I didn't have a frozen face. But after that things got good and I think I would have kept going after six miles except I knew my Dad was inside with Chinese food. I didn't take my Garmin because I wasn't patient enough for it to pick up satellites. I was freezing right through my two layers of clothes and I didn't think that was a propitious way of beginning. I probably ran around 8 minute miles. I felt a little clunky in my legs and joints - I don't know whether to attribute that to the cold, that I haven't run in a couple of days, not stretching, not getting enough sleep or...there's gotta be something else to add to that list - being an Aquarius? Really I think I do need to give some more time to stretching. My right knee kind o' went out on me a couple of times and I really don't want it to turn into a problem. On a side-note - have you read or heard Obama's speech for the Nobel Peace Prize? It made me want to be better - I thought he did amazingly well. The man knows how to string some thoughts together Here is a link if you want to read it: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/europe/11prexy.text.html?em |