Run Rant #11
If today wasn’t a push, I don’t know the meaning of it.
So this morning, it seemed like everything was going wrong. I slept in later, I got start off later, I found it very frustrating to find a new place to run due to internet troubles and frustrations. I then set out for a park down on Slaughter lane, which is now no longer a park, but at least a car wash and a gas station. Effing awesome. So now, here I am, aimlessly driving around Austin. I totally need to find a bathroom because of the crapload of water and vitamin B I took this morning, I’m overly frustrate from driving around. It seems like my entire morning is just going to go to scrap.
I then say “eff it, I’m going to townlake”. Well, by 10 a.m. that place is packed. SOMEHOW, through the magic of luck, I end up finding a bathroom near there, at Zilker Park, a place I at least recognize from previous concert venues and crossing it through random shopping adventures.
So, also again getting frustrated, I finally see some people running down a trail, somewhere into the wooded path, somewhere near Zilker park. “SCREW IT, THIS IS IT,” I think and park my Cadillac.
Let’s see. The first five minutes are all kinds of awkward as I’m jogging through a whole bunch of volunteers, AWKWARD. But, the remaining tens of minutes were filled with rocks, water, beautiful scenery, wooded trails, and pure amazement. I really felt free.
Can’t remember the rest.
Oops.
I just know that my feet are bleeding, I’m exhausted, I almost faceplanted twice, my skin is sunburned, the last quarter mile faces the Austin skyline and it’s amazing! Okay, gonna pass out for two hours!
Run Rant #12
Mer: so I had a terrible run yesterday
Run Rant #13
Pre-Run: Here we go. Daylight Savings has kicked in, and instead of taking advantage of it, it’s now almost 11 a.m. and I still have yet to put on my shoes and run out the door, BACK to Zilker Park, BACK to that place that has forced me to DOUBLE LAYER my heels in moleskin. BACK to the place that has summoned some of my coworkers to say “Oh my gosh, what did you do to your feet?”. Yes. Thanks Nike Zooms and other shoes. Thanks treacherous rocky trail. Thanks a lot. I can’t wear half my heels. My toenails are going to shit. My feet are littered, all over mind you, with dead skin from previous blisters.
But damnit, I am going back today.
I’m still a quarter away from the total length I’m supposed to run? Wait, that means I’m fully capable of running three quarters of it? That already kicks ass!
Mantra that doesn’t apply but is thought provoking:
“I always turn to the sports pages first, which record’s peoples’ accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.” ~ Earl Warren
I’ve noticed that since I’ve stopped looking up quotes and REALLY documenting my thoughts on these runs, they’ve been consistently worse and less productive. That, or just longer miles and times are making me miserable. Hmmm. Either way, time to start off with a mantra for today to increase my focus: [I say this having put off running for, oh, about 2 hours now?]
“I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seatbelt. The most remarkable things follow.” ~ Julia Cameron
More Reasons to Run:
1. To keep myself accountable
2. I think I’m inspiring some of my friendy friends 🙂
3. April.April.April.April
4. I canNOT have the slowest time on my relay team
5. This will keep me in shape
6. Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy.
7. I need to accomplish this.
8. My thigh muscles and calfs are looking better and better each week.
9. Finding new muscles when I apply lotion is exciting
10. Um… I did eat pizza last night…
11. Why the hell do I live in Austin if I am not going to take complete advantage of the beauty it has to offer
12. Seeing the skyline from the last quarter mile of that trail is pretty amazing
13. Remember, there are people you don’t like that live in Corpus Christi. You don’t want to look pathetic if you run (literally) into them.
14. Just do it already. Then you can screw off the rest of the day.
[Strike this blog. There’s a damn kite festival going on at Zilker Park and between getting lost in traffic, getting detoured, coming back, and getting frustrated, run for Sunday cancelled.]
Run Rant #14
Before run: DAMNIT, I AM GOING TO RUN FOUR MILES TONIGHT.
After run: I RAN FOUR MILES TONIGHT! WOOT! Okay, the last mile and a half I was freaking out from running alone in the dark. NEVER doing that again. But yeah. Four miles. Yay!
