A terrible thing happened when I started out for my run this morning. It was horrible. I almost went back inside. I pressed the button on my iPod.....and nothing happened. Thinking that I had obviously made some sort of mistake, I pressed the button again. And then I pressed a different button. Finally, I looked at the screen. It was black. I had forgotton to charge it...it was dead. I had 30 minutes of my own thoughts to endure. Amazingly, I didn't really have any thoughts (besides a few things that I noticed...but I'll get to those later). I really just ran. I really thought I would hate it, but I didn't. I don't think that I am willing to give up the tunes cold turkey, but I might run one of the shorter runs every week without the iPod. The quiet was kind of nice.
I did have a few fleeting observations since I was running without the music:
1- It was SO humid this morning. For a moment when I walked out of the door, I thought I was in Virginia. It was humidity that smacked you in the face. I chose not to dwell on it, because I knew that it would send me right back into the house.
2 - The music hides my huffing and puffing. I am not a graceful, quiet runner. I seriously sound like I am dying 30 seconds into the first 90 second run. I appreciate the music for hiding this from me for all this time. I feel sorry for anyone who has had to listen to that.
3 - I thought it was a pretty decent run.....and then I looked at the watch. If I had gone any slower, I would have been running backward.
4 - There were some times today duing my little 2 mile course that I thought that there is no way on this earth that I will be able to do this for 13 miles. But, I kept going, so I guess that's good.
Today's stats:
2.1 miles in 30 minutes
14.2 minute mile
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