Me
God
16 ounces of water and about 6 tic tacs.
I left at 5:30 and got home at 7:05
I hit one hill at about mile 7.
I am fairly certain that I have a strained groin . .. it is not pulled as I have had that before. This is not a very "cool" injury.
I liked "me" today as I pushed on through the quiet morning. Putting the demons at bay as they crept up . . .I hit the "hill" pissed off and was re-energized when I reached the top.
I scared a doe by the college and watched it run up in front of me for a quarter mile or so . . .it would turn periodically to make sure I wasn't gaining ground - I wasn't!
At about mile 7 my legs started to fill up with lead.
I finished my run strong. Walked the half block to the "wall" and stretched. Warmed up day old coffee, sat on the front porch and put ice down the front of my shorts trying to numb my strained groin (my wife was REALLY not impressed by that move either ).
I ate a peanut butter sandwich . . .downed 3 Motrin and will move on with my day.
I am not in very good shape. My gut is jiggly. My groin hurts. My knees are shot. My hairline is receding as we speak. I have a blister on my right foot that is black . . .but I still have enough fight in me to wake up at 4:45AM on a Sunday morning and run 11 miles so that I can spend the rest of the day with my kids . . . .so take that demons.
This is the song that I was listening to when I started up the hill: (It's by Neon Trees)
