Sheesh. This morning when the alarm went off I swear my head had just hit the pillow. 5am… somehow I was MUCH more excited about this yesterday than I was this morning. I thought about saying, to heck with this I’ll run after work. But who was I kidding? I know my limitations, so I rolled my butt out of bed to get dressed for my first run since… oh boy… yes, about 11 years ago. There I said it.
Stretched? Check. Water? Check. ipod? check. OK I think thats everything. Off I go, down my street at a slow jog to warm up… after getting down the road a bit I find myself surprised, thinking Hey, now this isn’t so bad. Maybe I’ve still “got it” afterall! Heck yeah!! Wait, I spoke to soon – cramp. YEEOUCH. I try to run through it but the cramp gets tighter and I have to walk, no biggie Michelle – first day, go easy on yourself I think. So I look at my watch to see how much longer. What??? Tap tap… is this thing even WORKING??? 4 minutes?!? Its only been 4 minutes?!? You’ve got to be k-i-d-d-i-n-g. Oh boy this is gonna be a long 6 months. Right now about all I can think is stupid. stupid. michelle this was so stupid.
So I grin and bear it through the entire *gulp* 2 miles. Yes, I know its only 2 miles, but hey. Baby steps, right? Surprisingly every part of my body is tightening up except my legs. Is that weird? I dunno..
As the day went on I could feel different muscles in my body getting back at me. It started with my legs – they were kinda spaghetti-ish. My neck. And my head. Killing me all day. My back, my thighs right above my knees. Even my stomach muscles, all over. Wierd, I swear my body didn’t get sore ALL OVER like this when I trained for Chicago 11 years ago. Hmm… Wait. OK, yeah. No wonder. It was 11 years ago. I was 22, not
33. I guess that explains alot. Yeah.
Well tuesdays are “rest” days. So in theory, I could pretend that I don’t know better, and take that literally. But I’ll make it known here for you all so you can hold me to it – REST does not mean rest. It means do something other than RUN. So tomorrow I’ll ride the stationary bike instead of running. Until next time…
