Guess who had a wicked run tonight? ME!
I haven’t written too extensively on the blog, but lately my runs have been sucking some major ass. I haven’t felt like much of a runner at all in the last couple of weeks.
Today is “Family Day” here in Ontario. As a result, there was no classes at my gym tonight. While walking home, I devised a plan.
The plan was simple. To run.
And that I did.
But what I did differently was not focus on time or pace. I ran a 7k route, but I didn’t bring my garmin, I have no idea how fast I was going, or how long it took me to do it.
I can tell you this though, I enjoyed every minute of that run!
I rocked out to a great playlist. You may or may not know that I was a music major at university, and as a result have rather interesting taste.
Today’s tunes included:
- Sexybitch, David Guetta
- Tonight, Tonight – Smashing Pumpkins
- Closer, Ne Yo
- Dancing with myself, Glee Cast
- Little Bones, Tragically Hip
- My Best Friend, Tim McGraw
- Grace Kelly, Mika
- Love is Strange, Dirty Dancing Soundtrack
- Bad Timing, Blue Rodeo
- Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z/Alicia Keys
- Please forgive me, David Gray
- America, Simon and Garfunkle
- Mrs Potters Lullaby, Counting Crows
My running buddy was a gem today. She kept gazing up at me with her cute little brown eyes and a huge “smile”. She must have worked up a sweat though, because as soon as we got home this was her:
Someone should report us to the humane society. Jersey has a miserable life! :)
Bad news on the X-Weighted Challenge front. I gained 2 lbs last week. Its expected, as I was a little gluttonous over the weekend. I’m over it, and feeling excited about getting back on track this week.
Its amazing what a good run can do for the moral. Maybe I don’t hate it as much as I claim to, sorry Marie! ;)
14 comments:
Hurray for running mojo!
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So glad to hear that your running mojo is back.
Jersey is freaking adorable!
I'll welcome you back to the dark side soon enough, my pet.
Just you wait :P
YAY!!! Now...Can you please send some running mojo to me? Thanks!
Way to go getting back on track and getting in an enjoyable run!! You're BACK!! You have courage weighing in on a Monday. My weigh in day has always been Thursdays and I don't think I will ever change it!
Way to go!! I love family day. I am glad you found your mojo
Your golden makes me want want a big snuggly dog! Glad to hear your running is going better!
Sometimes it's so nice to leave all your equipment at home. My heart monitor went wrong in the middle of a run last week, and so I thought my heart rate was pretty slow - I stepped up the pace and got a PB. I know that if my heart monitor had been working I would have stuck at the same pace.
Sometimes it's nice to just leave it behind and follow your instincts a bit.
Glad to hear you're lovin' the run again. Jersey looks to be in her glory too.
Your play list is great. I have Empire State of Mind on my ipod too. I love that song. My daughter just put I'll Transform Ya by Chris Brown and Lil Wayne when she was visiting. It has a great upbeat to it and I found a one point in my run, I was dogging it (sorry Jersey) and this song just pushed me further.
Congrats for found mojo.
That's GREAT news! Good for you chica!
And I didn't know you were a music major! That's awesome!
Ok that picture of Jersey is seriously so dang cute! What a ham!
I love Smashing Pumpkins!!
How awesome about the running mojo! :) Go girl!
~Kellie
Those are usually the BEST runs. Where you just run for enjoyment and nothing else.
I have to laugh at your comment about reporting you to the humane society. I take my daschund on 10+Km runs all the time. She LOVES it, but there are probably those out there that say she shouldn't be doing it. She goes nuts when I leave her behind. But if I plan to go much longer than 12Km I leave her behind because that's too much for those little legs.
Glad you got your mojo back.
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