My choices today are another attempt at a Running Commentary or to write about socks. I don’t see why I should not make the blog All Reindeer Run All The Time. For one thing, there is not that much more time before the run. It is Saturday, the day after tomorrow. I can save my sock tirade for another day (but if I make it on a Thursday I can still call it “Non-Sequitur Socks,” which is the title I thought of at work today).
What a surprise, I did not want to run by the end of the day. My body is still not used to getting up at 3 a.m. and working for 10 hours. Additionally, I was on my feet all day (except for breaks, of course; we are not barbarians around here, we get breaks). Of course I had all kinds of good excuses: I could rest up, I fully intended to run tomorrow, it’s only a 5K after all. What finally decided me to run was that as I drove home I noticed the sidewalks were bare. I had to take advantage of that.
Once again, I threw a load of laundry into the washer before I set out. For one reason, I wanted my silver long-sleeved running shirt for Saturday. I have a whole outfit planned. I’ll have to get Steven or someone to take my picture. I finally got myself out the door and set out. I felt really good about myself that I had decided to run.
Brr, cold, but it’s been worse. There wasn’t too much wind, so that was a good thing. I headed down German Street in the opposite direction of the one I took Tuesday. I thought briefly of crossing the street at Main and running up the pretty good hill that is there. Nope, too much traffic at the four-way stop. I turned towards downtown. Hey, this run didn’t feel too bad. Maybe I could go for a long run.
I went by Herkimer’s Historic Four Corners. There was a Christmas tree in the window of Suiter House, home of the Herkimer County Historical Society. I have to get over to their gift shop and do some Christmas shopping. I went down Main till I got to Park Avenue, then I ran by the post office and on to Meyer Park. I made a mental note to take a walk or drive by the park at night, to see the pavilion and tree all lit up.
By this time, I was getting tired. Hey, body, what’s going on? I thought we liked running! Maybe I could catch a second wind. As I kept running, it soon became evident that I would not. Oh no! I had run less than 20 minutes so far. I can’t run a 5K in 20 minutes! What was I going to do? Then I said to myself, “You will not have just worked a 10 hour day. You will have gotten a good night’s rest and had a light, healthy breakfast.” I am also planning a nice pasta dinner Friday night, so I will be all carbed up, as the saying goes (I’m not sure exactly what the saying is, but I believe it includes the phrase, “carbed up”).
I ended up running for 25 minutes and walked my usual 10 minute cool-down. I confess to feeling better about myself before I ran that after, but you’ll have that. Full disclosure: I’ve felt better about blog posts than I feel about this one. Once again, you’ll have that.
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