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Learning to Run – Week Four, First Run

Angela Pea4 Comments
Did it!!   It’s super hot and muggy in Texas today, and in spite of this, I actually ran MORE than I walked!  Did the entire interval set with not a single stitch in my side, or ache in my hip.   Can you believe it??   I am totally impressed and so very pleased with myself.  I feel like a little kid waving a perfect math paper in front of my Mom, jumping up and down with excitement, wriggling with anticipation of a big smile from her and a boatload of praise!
Weigh in was yesterday – a whopping half pound lost.  Isn’t that just grand?  Just how much is a half pound?
  
Two of these………………one of these……………..or one of these, full
Doesn’t seem like a lot, does it.  That’s okay.  I’ll take it, just becasue I RAN today!  *all smiles and grins*
Butter Image by Julia Ewen for the Washington Post

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Learning to Run – Week Three, Third Run – Flasher!

Angela Pea3 Comments
Third Run – Done.  With a little extra flashing thrown in for excitement.  I decided to run outside today, mostly because I needed a break from ‘the guys’ around here.  Everyone’s all basketball this, baseball that, and ‘ooo-gah’ I can benchpress five billion pounds.  Gag Me!  It’s still windy, VERY windy, and as I started to cross the bridge over the Trinity River I noticed that the updraft seemed a little stronger than ususal. Buy the time I got to the middle of the bridge, I could feel my hair standing straight up and WHOOIE!!  There went my shirt!!  I’m struggling to pull it back down when I noticed the lady in the car that was going by was laughing uproariously.  I just smiled and waved, girls, smiled and waved.
I won’t be running tomorrow because my aching joints need some rest, and I’m scheduled for a day long specification writing class for my mandatory continuing education.  I do, however feel a rant coming on, and may just be inspired to post it.
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Learning to Run – Week Three, Second Run

Angela Pea1 Comment
All-Righty Then!  Did it again today, but didn’t keep track of the minutes because I was halfway down the block before I realized that I left my kitchen timer AND my iPod on my desk.  Let’s hear it for winging it!

I ran ALL the way to the post office (6 blocks), then ran all the way to the bank (8 blocks), walked two blocks and ran all the way back to my office!!  Total of 28 minutes, most of them spent running instead of walking. 

Now my butt hurts.  Can you pull a muscle in your butt? 

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