never give up
I feel like giving up. Yesterday was not a great day (well, OK.... it sucked). Today started out alright but started heading south.... and this SHOULD be my vacation week in Maine... as you can see... I am NOT in Maine... and I am NOT happy... about a number of things.
I went out and ran this morning and I was tired and my feet and legs were tired and around 2 this afternoon I started thinking that I would go run a 5K. There aren't many that I can run because I work every weekend (every freakin' weekend) ...and it was a Flag Day run for homeless veterans and their families... so I figured that I should go....and maybe be happy for a bit, even though I knew I was really too tired to run it well... and I would have to go alone because I have only 2 friends that run and how do you ask someone to go run with you and then say.... be ready to go in 2 hours.... Ok, well I did ask one of them, but she had to work... I didn't ask the other... because they don't know me all that well... and they don't know that I do things like this with no prior thought or planning ( they don't know I'm crazy... although, they may have an inkling... but it isn't confirmed... yet. And they are way too fast anyway!) So, I went alone... which is probably just as well. And I rocked the first mile.... got a cramp before I hit two miles and had to walk for a bit... which was not unexpected because I ran this morning too, and ...really... I'm not a runner.. and never really will be. But... my time wasn't horrible.... and I finished strong, sprinting (Ok... MY version of a sprint... but it was my fastest...lol!) through the finish line. And there was Italian Ice... and I wore my awesome red, white and blue sneakers...and I love them... and I ran behind awesome people that were running while carrying full size American flags. It was good.... 34:08 minutes of good... the time is unofficial. ; )
I didn't give up. But I am buying lottery tickets this weekend... because there are a number of things that I would like to give up...
never give up
I feel like giving up. Yesterday was not a great day (well, OK.... it sucked). Today started out alright but started heading south.... and this SHOULD be my vacation week in Maine... as you can see... I am NOT in Maine... and I am NOT happy... about a number of things.
I went out and ran this morning and I was tired and my feet and legs were tired and around 2 this afternoon I started thinking that I would go run a 5K. There aren't many that I can run because I work every weekend (every freakin' weekend) ...and it was a Flag Day run for homeless veterans and their families... so I figured that I should go....and maybe be happy for a bit, even though I knew I was really too tired to run it well... and I would have to go alone because I have only 2 friends that run and how do you ask someone to go run with you and then say.... be ready to go in 2 hours.... Ok, well I did ask one of them, but she had to work... I didn't ask the other... because they don't know me all that well... and they don't know that I do things like this with no prior thought or planning ( they don't know I'm crazy... although, they may have an inkling... but it isn't confirmed... yet. And they are way too fast anyway!) So, I went alone... which is probably just as well. And I rocked the first mile.... got a cramp before I hit two miles and had to walk for a bit... which was not unexpected because I ran this morning too, and ...really... I'm not a runner.. and never really will be. But... my time wasn't horrible.... and I finished strong, sprinting (Ok... MY version of a sprint... but it was my fastest...lol!) through the finish line. And there was Italian Ice... and I wore my awesome red, white and blue sneakers...and I love them... and I ran behind awesome people that were running while carrying full size American flags. It was good.... 34:08 minutes of good... the time is unofficial. ; )
I didn't give up. But I am buying lottery tickets this weekend... because there are a number of things that I would like to give up...