Another lesson...

So every Tuesday, my friend and I make dinner together and catch up on all the Thursday night shows that we always seem to miss. This week was his turn to host, so I decided that I would get my run in on my way to his house. I mapped it out ahead of time and it was almost 2 miles, so that sounded good to me. I got home from work and changed into some gym clothes and then began to leave for my run. It then occurred to me that I would get to his house sweating and disgusting and have nothing to change into. It also occurred to me, that I would need somewhere to store my house keys (normally I just leave them in the mailbox) and I would probably want my cell phone since I had to run down some busy streets to get there.

I decided that I would bring a backpack along for this run so that I could store a towel to shower with when I got there, some non-sweaty clothes to put on and of course my keys and cell phone.

I have a smaller-sized backpack that came with one of those enormous backpacking ones for when you're in Europe and I figured it would be a good fit for what I needed. I filled it up. Strapped it on as tight as it would go. And off I went.

I started with a warm-up walk because I like to do that anyway, and because I had to cross the 490-overpass and it freaks me out, and when I made it across I started my run. I made it about 5-feet when I realized that running with a backpack was by far the stupidest thing I've done - when running. It was so annoying bouncing around even though I pulled the straps and even buckled the buckle around my waist. It didn't matter. It was terrible.

However, I made the best playlist for this "run" - I put quotes around that because it was a little half-assed since the backpack was causing so many issues - so I was able to at least sing along and bob my head to the beat. I also put really upbeat songs on it, so even when I was walking I was doing it at the pace of the music and really booking it.

Not my most successful run, but I did make it to his house, where I was able to shower and smell good before dinner. Also, even though it was pitch black out, running down a busy street where there were multiple other runners out and about - probably wondering why I was running with a backpack on - was not as scary as my last night time experience.

XOXO

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STATS

19 Minutes: 90-second run, 1-minute walk, 4-minute run, 3-minute walk REPEAT

Miles Ran: 1.8
Cumulative Miles: 12.65

Days until Race: 17