Heel... Toe.... Heel.... Toe.... Day 13 of 21
What do *you* think about when you are out jogging or walking? Me? I have to make a conscious effort to remember to go heel, toe, heel, toe in my steps. Otherwise, I just slam my feet down on the ground. Clomp clomp clomp clomp (like a horse or cow, I suppose). And that just absolutely makes my legs ache.
Thought of the run: holey moley there were a lot of rodents (I mean, squirrels) out this morning!! Busy little critters gathering their staples for fall/winter.
Temp: mid-40s (45, to be exact)
Semi-sunny, sorta windy. I forgot my hat and gloves. It was not bright enough to need sunglasses the whole time, but I'm glad I had them for the few legs that I needed them. At one point, I actually got warm enough in that 45 degrees to take off my long-sleeve t-shirt. Then I got cold, so back on it went LOL!! Thank goodness for layering.
Second thought of the day: 1 minute does not go fast enough and 2 minutes blows by. Can you tell I was doing 1:2 splits?? LOL!! Yeah, for you non-runners (or at least used to my lingo) that means I jogged 1, walked 2 minute rotations.
My iPod was distracting me again today. I almost forgot to start jogging a couple of times LOL!!
My reward for going the full 6 miles today?? Richard, baby!! Went to see "Nights in Rodanthe". Ohhhh la la. Yeah, I found a theater that if you go to the very first showing of the morning, it's $5 bucks. That was sure motivation to get my run done, showered and out to the theater!! The movie was "ok" and I am not disappointed that I went, but it's not something I will put on my Christmas list. Not an over and over and over again to-be-watched flick. In my opinion anyway. Not like Pretty Woman or Walk the Line that I can watch once a week, if not more LOL!!
NSV of the morning: I did not have ANYTHING during the movie. Nada. Zero. Zip. Zilch.
Then. I wanted to go to a burger joint or something on the way home, but I didn't do it! I came home and had an egg/sausage/cheese sandwich on a bagel. That's my favorite Sunday breakfast. Sure, it's more my lunch time now, but it's ok. OH. I *did* have a handful (we're talking SIX [6]) peanut M&Ms waiting for the bus to come for the ride home.
So there you have it. I survived 6 miles. And, I've got things to do now, so will check with you later.