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April 07, 2005
Payday!
It's Thursday!!! This work week is almost over. Last year I kept saying that I was going to pack up my belongings on the last staff day and never return, but I did return. This year I am packing up my belongings and never going back. The work environment is so bad that I never, ever want to go back to it. Today was payday, which did make today a little bit more tolerable. Of course, having to run to the bank the check is drawn on, cashing the check, then running to my bank and depositing the check is a stressful afternoon. This is a necessity as paychecks have been known to bounce before. In fact, the teller had to get an override this afternoon when I was cashing my check. And people wonder why I hate my job...
This morning I managed to drag myself out of bed at 4:50 to go for my morning run. The nice thing about running so early is that my body really does not realize that it is running until I'm halfway done. There were many more cars out than usual this morning. I even had to wait to cross two roads, that never happens so early. I also got to wear shorts, the first time on a early morning run! Other than that, the only thing of significance was that I really had to use the bathroom. I kept telling myself that I was almost done so that I could use the toilet!
I talked to J when I was at work about tonight's workout. I had thought about doing an extra interval, but I had no idea what the conditions outside were. As soon as I stepped outside to leave work, I knew that there was no way that doing an extra interval was going to happen. It was so windy that I was getting knocked around. Weather.com claims that the wind is only 14 mph, but my mother said that it is so windy that she thought the flagpole was going to get broken, it is probably gusting close to 50 mph as the storm is coming in. I was wiped out after work, I slept for about an hour, which was another indication that doing an extra interval was not a good idea.
Anyhow, tonight's workout was 5 x 1000 with a 600 jog. Our track is always a wind tunnel, and for some reason there always seems to be wind on two curves and one straightaway. On each lap, about 220 meters was straight into a wall of wind. Even when I got there I had a really B. A. (bad attitude). There were a bunch of people that I have not seen in a long time at the track tonight, so there was quite a bit of socializing going on. I was really pissed that the conditions were so bad because this is one of the workouts that I really like to do. I turned off my watch early on because it took so much effort to even run into the wind. Then one of the guys who I usually lap must have been having a good day because he decided that he was going to draft off of me. This really irritated me because I am all of 5-5 and 110 pounds and he is much bigger than I am. I pulled off of the track to hit the reset button. When I say this, I mean that I had to change the objectives: instead of trying to run under 6s, I wanted to stay up and finish the workout. I was so ready to stop after 4, but I had to be tough. Tonight was all about toughness. I did make it into a 14 mile total day.
I must apologize if this is a little bit rambly (don't think that is a word), but I have been sipping on a glass of wine. It's been that kind of day. One drink will affect me so much that I won't really remember writing this tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow is a much needed day off. I need to pick up new shoes! Saturday is supposed to be extra-long (for me) and I need to rest up for it.
Posted by Blondie at April 7, 2005 08:24 PM