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April 10, 2005
Feeling Like an Idiot
My father loves a particular sports car. He has loved this kind of car ever since it came out. He loves it so much that he has had three different models of it. When I was a little girl, I thought everyone's father had a sports car in the garage, I thought it was a normal thing. I didn't realize until elementary school that it was not normal. My father eventually stopped having this sports car around when my brother and I were in junior high and high school. He special ordered a new one when I was in college. It arrived two days after my birthday, and I think he was more excited about his new car than about my birthday. Anyhow, I was at Border's today and saw a book about this car that went through year by year on the bargain table. I was so excited that I bought it for him to enjoy. I brought it home and showed it to my mother and she thought it was cool too. I just looked on the coffee table in the living room and realized that he already has the exact same book! I'm feeling like a real idiot right about now.
This morning I was very proud of myself for doing the right thing. There was a race in the next town over that was giving prize money to the top three men and women. The person who told me about it said that the race organizer's did not think that there were going to be many people there and that I would probably be able to win even running easy after my long run. I woke up early on my own this morning and gathered up some things to head over. My plan was that if there were people there that would make me run fast, I would leave and do my easy run at the park. I pulled up and waited a few minutes before getting out of the car to register. While I was sitting there I saw two women who would pretty much make me want to race. I'm in this funk right now where I really do not have too much desire to race. Doing races messes up my workouts and long runs for the week. Planned races are OK, the workouts get re-arranged for those, but spur of the moment races during the training cycle are pretty much looked down upon. Next weekend will be a planned race, which one I do not know yet, but the workouts have been modified to accomodate it.
Anyhow, I drove away and did my 55 minute half grass/half road loop at the park. It was much better for my legs to get off of the roads and to just run easy. It was not nearly as muddy as it was last week when I went out there. I ran by one woman walking her dog and she said to me that I amazed her. I wasn't really sure how to react to that, so I just said thank you. My legs felt much better than I thought they would after yesterday's really hilly route. I did 6 striders when I finished and then headed home to read the paper and drink my coffee.
Today has been a hungry day. I seem to be having these days more and more often. It could very well be due to the fact that I was not very hungry yesterday, so I did not eat all that much. Either way, it is disturbing because I feel like I have eaten a house and could eat another!
Posted by Blondie at April 10, 2005 04:31 PM