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“Go Packers!” and with that I should follow-up with confessing I am not a Packers fan and football is not my cup of tea. The only thing I watched during the Superbowl was the halftime show. And I would say I watched commercials, but I actually didn’t see any worth noting in the 8 mins or so I had my Tv tunedFox 5. What I was able to catch on the net is the gossip about X-Tina singing The Star Spangled Remix. I just don’t understand how peeps can mess up that song. Like really? Is that the first time you’ve ever sang it? But what was most astonishing is when they panned the audience and it seems very few people were phased by it. So maybe she wasn’t the only one that missed singing that in school like weekly. If you didn’t catch it, check it out on You Tube. I thought about posting it here, but instead I figured we all could use a non-botched version of the song, so Whitney, Pre-Bobby Brown crack stage, take it away!
Now back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress…
Number of miles ran: 12
Workout thought for Monday: Now I know why I never remember Monday’s run…It sucks so bad that my mind erases it in an effort to convince me to run again. Not sure what was going on, but my feet were hurting like crazy and, all and all, it just sucked. Might have had something to do with the fact that I didn’t get a chance to eat much today. Gotta add to training schedule…eat on Mondays.
Workout thought for Tuesday: (blank) I skipped it. I know I am awful but I was performing and didn’t make it home in time to run without looking like the crazy lady who runs in the middle of the night. I was going to do it Wednesday, but I chose to come home and sleep. Gosh, am I now so old that performing warrants a 2 day recovery period? Really?
Workout thought for Thursday: Back to funky Fartleks, but the speed intervals were longer (.25 miles) and the recovery intervals (.1 miles ) were shorter. So I am putting it in the books as an improvement. My feet felt again!
Workout thought for Saturday: Treadmill running sucks kangaroo butt…Part Four! (insert explicit language) why does the weather screw with me this way? However, I found out that if I stick a towel under my portable DVD player, it will sit on top of the treadmill without skipping. Sooooooo, I watched my “What’s Happening” DVD as I ran. Did it make it easier, No! But at least I avoided obsessing in the mirror about the size of my thighs.
What’s on my I-Phone radio while running: Ciara Pandora Station again. Until Rihanna comes on. I kind of just want her to go away.
The song that saved my butt this week: On Thursday, while doing Fartleks, I had the unfortunate experience of having back to back slow songs on Ciara. Not bad slow songs but when you are in that last stretch, you really don’t need to hear “There goes my baby” by Usher. So I fumbled through the screen to change station, and there it was, just what I needed to get me through…Thriller. Thank you MJ! You ARE always with me.
Low moment: Skipping a 2 mile easy run. Who does that?
High Moment: Running the last .25 stretch of my fartleks at 8 miles per hour. And doing strength training afterwards. I had to redeem myself from the aforementioned low moment.
End of the week thought: Not my proudest week, but life goes on!
Hope all of your runs are going well!
An anonymous black girl who is really sleepy!
Tags: Beginning runner, half marathon, running music, speed work, story about running
I love your description of treadmill running! LOL! Great job this week girl and cheers to this week! You are doing great, just keep at it!
I love “There Goes My Baby” but no so much for running.
I become a closet treadmill runner in the winter. I don’t know what it is but it is very difficult for me to run outside in the cold *and* dark. I like running winter races but not training – go figure.