I got dressed to go running feeling just like have for the past six runs: uninspired and tired.
However, when I actually started, I noticed that I had some spring in my legs. Wow!
And my lungs actually had a little bit of life in them! Well, what do you know!
And when I finished the run, I had my 10th best time of the year!
I ran my full course for the third time this week. Hurrah!
Howvever, all during the run, I was slightly disgusted with my slow pace. “How much slower would this be than the last run?”
Those type of thoughts plagues me right up until the time that I crossed the finish line and hit the button on my watch.
When I recovered enough to actually look at it, to my surprise, I ran38 seconds faster than the last time. How about that?
It just goes to show that you cannot trust your feelings. I didn’t feel like running at all. I felt like I was going slower than ever. To my credit, I ignored those feeling and just carried on with my plans and the facts showed up to prove that my emotions were wrong!
I was able to finish my full running course again. However, my time was nearly one minute slower than the last time.
So much for being able to see progress.
Today, I dropped my youngest daughter off for her first day of school today!
While it is true that she is 15 years old…
and I dropped her off at the local high school…
but that didn’t seem to change how if felt to me. This is her first day at a PUBLIC school! I was so excited!
Last week I tried to run my full 3.8 mile course three times and three times I failed. I did go a little bit further with each succeeding run. However, I just couldn’t make it the whole way.
Today, I finally succeeded in running the whole route. However, my time was…shall we say, less than inspiring.
Oh, well, I’m not training to be a contestant in the Olympics so I have time to improve.
Addendum: I can’t believe that I forgot this! When I crossed the finish line, I was very weak. In fact, I started to faint. My legs grew weak, my knees started to buckle and I became very lightheaded! There was a woman walking her dog who quickly became very concerned!
“Are you all right.”
I smiled, held my hand up to wave as I tried not to fall down…
and then as I started regaining my strength, I whispered, “I’m just really out of shape!”
I have never experienced that before! Oh well, all for the cause.
When my son asked me what he should call his budding new business, I made him choose it. He came up with a great one-
HOME IMPROVEMENT.
His tag line underneath his name is “The Homeowner’s Best Solution”.
I told him that I thought that it was a winner.
I helped him format it on the computer. He is delivering them to his last customer as I type this. Pretty exciting!
I ran for the first time in six weeks yesterday.
I didn’t run the full 3.8 miles.
I didn’t even make 3 miles.
Nevertheless, today, my legs are S-O-R-E!
It’s like I am starting over, again!
There is an amazing amount of new construction going on here in Overland Park. I mean, nearly everywhere you look, they are building houses, apartments, major retail and office sites. There are several large fields that have heavy equipment reshaping the landscape for still more new construction.
The puzzling thing is that there are “For Lease” or “For Sale” signs at nearly EVERY commercial property. And that is not much of an exaggeration. There are several 6-10 story office buildings that stand uncompleted and it looks like work has stopped. However, that hasn’t slowed the new construction. It is almost like very open field has to have something built by tomorrow!
I don’t get it.
I resumed my jogging routine today. I didn’t even make 3 miles…
I had stopped running because I was a little weak during the fast.
This is the third time that I have started to “get back in shape.” I had a two month interruption when I was selling the house and moving.
I don’t know if it is age, but every time it seems like I have lost so much ground that I am starting over. I know that is not true. When I started in January, I only ran 1 mile and I didn’t really run that. I jogged.
Anyway, back to the grind.
My youngest daughter has taken the plunge. She is going to use her first daily planner.
We found a pretty pink cover at Office Depot in the Bargain Bin for $8!
She will be using “week-at-a-glance” pages that I designed and printed up.
We discovered that both Staples and Office Depot ONLY “month-at-a-glance” pages for 2009. You would think that they would have a mid-year version with all of the back-to-school materials they are promoting. We wound up stumbling upon an 18 month (June 2008 through Dec. 2009) set by Franklin-Covey at Target.
She then wanted a small Bible that would fit inside her planner cover. The Bible bookstore that we went to just happened to be having a sale on Bibles today! She saved 33%!
She is very excited.
I am very excited for her!
