Running Behind

It’s 2:43AM and I am sitting on the couch after a night of fun with my fiancé and friends. I should have written after my run, but pool games and parties beckoned instead. Now I can barely keep my eyes open, and I fear this blog will suffer as a result. I will apologize in advance if this doesn’t make sense.

One thing that should be mentioned is that my run tonight was awesome. Like my blog, I planned doing it earlier, but life got in the way. Insurance meetings, government meetings, and financial meetings were piled on top of each other, only to be followed by furniture shopping. Instead of an early PM start, I ended up walking out the door around 9:30PM.

I didn`t have a clue where to go, so I just followed my trusty Main Street route and let my legs dictate the rest. I started out slowly (I was still working the kinks out from an intense game of tag earlier in the day, but we`ll talk about that another time), but soon I found myself moving quite easily. I passed the turnaround point without a second thought, and decided that it was time to make up for Sunday`s lost mileage.

For most of the run I was lost inside my head, rarely reflecting on what was going on with my body. I thought about school, and what I would do when I graduated in July, and wondered where my training would take me this year. Before I knew it, I was back on the home stretch, with an twenty extra minutes tacked on to my daily total. Excellent.

I moved quickly for the last section of the run, only slowing down for cars that blocked sidewalks and cut me off. I was tempted to run in front of the vehicles to make my presence known, but I didn`t want to get run over. I can`t qualify for Boston from a hospital bed, last I checked. Ten minutes later I was back at my house, feeling fine. Best run since I started training, by far.

One quick note before I go: If the writing improved after the second paragraph, it`s because I finished this entry Saturday afternoon. Sleep took over about ten minutes after I started blogging last night, so I retreated to the comforts of my bed. As much as I like blogging, I enjoy sleeping more. Expect another entry later this evening.