5K with COPS
Oh, the treadmill. I’m running along watching MTV with one eyeball and COPS with the other. Do you know what isn’t at all helpful to maintaining a running mindset? Rap videos and COPS covering a bike rally. There were more fuzzed out shots of women flashing on one screen and another full of everything wiggling to rap music on the other. Oddly, it made “staying in my head” a difficult trick.
(The new Ludacris song is fun, but I just like that guy).
That said, I really struggled with my run. From the start, I kept wanting to make excuses for myself. Things were silly, but I just kept reminding myself of the end goal. I ran the entire 5K in just over 30:00 minutes. That included a couple fastwalking breaks, but hey, I haven’t run much over the last little while, not counting sprints. In fact, I think sprints kind of nails my distance runner instincts.
When I wanted to stop, I’d just trick myself. I’d say, “Well, just run until this point.” Then, I might say, “You’re only .2 miles away from a full mile. Just run until then.” In fact, I stopped to walk only twice, and that probably didn’t have to happen, either. I think I was distracted on both occasions.
One of those “hey neat” moments happened to me a moment ago. I went to the company Buck Stop store, and I wanted a fleece vest, as they were on sale, and as I don’t own one. They only had a medium. I said, “oh well.” The girl said, “No, try it on. You’re getting skinnier all the time.”
Well, it fit. A little snug, but whatever. It fit. I can wear a men’s medium? Sometimes. My shoulders are still too broad to get away with it much, but the belly was just fine, and as it’s a vest, I can wear it open enough that you don’t notice the shoulders anyway. Woohoo!
Tell me about some of your “hey neat” moments with your fitness goals. Whatever they may be.
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