runningandthecity

I heard yesterday that I got into the Empire State Building Run Up. Today, I went to the gym to try the stairmaster (?)… and this trainer grabbed me and shoved around from one machine to the other, and then made me “run” upstairs, 10 floors. I don’t drink. But…

I had a very lovely run tonight in the snow. It’s really white out now. It’s gorgeous when it snows. We’ll deal with tomorrow, tomorrow.

I just run to the postal office a block away. I was underdressed and cold so I sprinted like a maniac, does that count as speedwork?

But the marathon isn’t going to run itself. And I do remember one thing I kept asking Blaise all through the winter last year when I was (miserably) training for Boston in a nasty winter. I kept asking if all this horrible running in super cold temperatures would make us…

I used to spin around like crazy when I was a kid because I thought I was the real Wonder Woman. After I almost took my eye out and was bleeding out of my face, I stopped.

But today. Today I got scared and gave up trying by 2 pm. And I am not even embarrassed. On the other hand, I reorganized ALL the furniture. Didn’t like the results and put it all back. I am not “normal” when I don’t run.

I don’t want to eat until after I run. But I am lazy, or scared of the cold, and I delay the run for hours. Then I am starving. And I decide it’s time to go for a run. I still don’t. Then it’s starting to get late. At some…

So excited! But feet hurt like hell!