step-by-step

day by day. I think that that was the theme song to some bad television show in the 80s. In any case, I count it as my approach these days...

I ran 3 last Thursday, 15 on Saturday, and just finished 5 (on the mill) tonight. Its tough - I'm tired. I'm in that space right now where I don't really want to run. Tonight I did, but lately, it just hasn't been there for me. I'm so worn out (mentally) from my internship that nothing else is really getting in. grr. I'm just going to try to push through... I think it'll come back once I settle into a routine. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway.

nothing a good run can't cure

Today was the last leadership team meeting that I will lead as the President of Cornerstone. True to form (of late), I ended up getting massively upset. My feelings get hurt too easily, perhaps, but not only was I angry, I was also really hurt. So my run was well-fueled. I ran 7 miles on the mill. And maybe it wasn't as hard as I have run some of them - it wasn't - but I got to talk about my frustration while I ran, and I think that I may have staved off what was certain to be a stroke by the time I hit 50. Maybe I do need to be that therapist that talks to clients during a run. I don't know that I'd feel ok now or that I would have been able to talk about it without also running. Did I mention that I was running with the person who made me so upset? Yep. That probably helped too. I haven't found many things that were helped by a good run. I'm not sure that I'm completely over it just yet, but I'm well on my way.

I think that my expectations may be too high. In general, for the people on my leadership team, and for friends (and what that means). Eh... I don't know if I can readjust. Maybe I'll just have to learn how to get over it a little better.

In any case, the run was a good one, and I'm really glad that I did it.

these are the days

never before and never since, i promise, will the whole world be warm as this... and as you feel it, you'll know its true that you are blessed and lucky... Those lyrics come from an oldish 10,000 Maniacs song that seems particularly appropriate, weather-wise and personally. I'm a part of the miracles I see in every hour.

Today's temp. reached at least 103 - a string of several 100+ days in a row - and JH and I ran 9 miles. Along one of my favorite routes - along McClendon and Oakdale over to Ponce / East Lake and then back again. Definitely not my fastest run this summer, but I sure did enjoy it. That course is a challenge - hills the whole way, and long hills at that, but it is definitely one of my faves. Very friendly people, every time we run it, beautiful houses, etc. Its a keeper. :)

breath snatcher

Obviously, it is obscenely hot. And muggy. Just generally unpleasant weather. Downright unfriendly to runners. I ran 5 yesterday morning with JH, and then did 3 this morning. 25 minutes. Obscenely hot. Almost enough to make me want to not run. And then it happens. The sharp pain that makes me think that my right leg is going to collapse under me. Coming straight from my knee. I hope that it gets better in a hurry. I'm going to ice it. That should help. Ice fixes everything, right? I hope.

I'm doing the only thing you can do in this kind of weather tonight - I'm going to the movies. :) for free. :)) A friend somehow gets sneak preview tickets for free, and he offered to take me on one of these. We're going to go see Stardust. Probably not my normal genre, but it looks entertaining... :) I'll let you know.

the 7th, already?

Wow. So much for a summer break! This is flying by! My anxiety goes up daily, as I approach the beginning of my internship. I go for orientation?paperwork?to start? next Monday. I'm getting a haircut for the occasion. woo hoo!

I've been in a state of hair rebellion for a while now. I want to do something different, but I don't know what. I want to get a good cut, but I don't want to pay a lot for it. Given this resistance, for the last several months, I've been boycotting. The time has come, however, for me to succumb to the inevitable. eh.. we'll see.

I've been running, just not recording. Last Wed., I ran 3 miles around my house / Piedmont Park area. Thursday, I ran 6 miles around Grant Parkish area with JH. Saturday, I ran 15ish around downtown/midtown. That, my friends, was hot. HOT HOT HOT. The grand total for last week comes to... drumroll please... 50 miles! woo hoo! highest noticed total to date...

I ran 6 today... 49 minutes. On the treadmill. I hate treadmills. The aforementioned heat drove me indoors, however. I'm trying to adjust my attitude about treadmills - "Look at them as a tool - an instrument towards progress." That's what I keep telling myself... meh.