Jogs and trail mix
October 08, 2007 -- 2:37 pm
I am crabby. I called up Brannon this afternoon and said as much. I think I used the word grumpy. Grumpy, crabby, it's all the same. He asked me why I was grumpy. I explained to him that I wanted a Dr. Pepper. But did I grab a can of DP? NO, no I did not, I grabbed a bottle of water instead. But I want the Dr. Pepper. Blah. These making good health decisions suck at times. I also wanted chocolate after lunch. Did I have any chocolate? NO!! Instead I bought a bag (for Brannon really, but I'm trying this), Nature Trail. The bag says: "A wholesome adventure of roasted and salted soy nuts, pepitas, cherries, sunflower seeds, raisins and almonds". It's going to be an adventure alright...straight into the world of gas and intestinal upset while my body adjusts to all fiber and no chocolate. You sure you want to sign up for this Brannon? A crabby gassy girlfriend who has the shits from too much trail mix and not enough DP? Doesn't that sound sexy?? That is a party my friends. In other good news, I ran even farther this morning than I did on Friday, and I took 5 minutes off my time. I'm a week and a half into this running thing. They say it takes 21 days for anything to become a habit. I am working like hell to make all of this a habit. I want to get to the point that I feel like crap if I DON'T run at least 5 times a week. I want to feel like crap when I haven't had my 4 bottles of water a day. I am so used to being chronically dehyrdated that I don't even notice it. That's not a good place to be. I ran hard today. I really pushed myself. I was sweating. It was great!! I was breathing hard and thinking I was going to die, and then I kept pushing until I got over the pain. Once you run for those first 3-4 minutes and get past the part where you think you are going to die, it's fine. You just concentrate on your feet hitting the pavement, and after awhile you just go numb. After that you start getting on your runners high. I find, actually, that once I stop running and I'm about 10 minutes into my cool down, THAT'S when I experience the greatest high. I start to breath a little deeper (not too deep, lest you pass out), clear out my lungs, get my heartrate back down, relax, and then it's just... heaven. It's almost as good as sex, but not quite. But that crabby grumpy thing? Once I get all the toxins out of my body and start feeling better, I'm sure it will all pass...no pun intended.
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