First RUNNING CLUB

For some reason it was easier today.

I was leery. Or, rather, my thighs were leery. So were my calves.

I did not run as long - consecutively - but I ran a loop at a local park. It looked long on the board, but it only took 15 minutes. Mentally this was much easier as for most of the run I could look over across the lake at the finish line. The park is set up as a series of paths around a couple of man-made lakes and part of it goes right along side the river. It's a very nice park - there are Canada Geese and robins and all sorts of happy creatures.

(Also goose-poop to avoid, you gotta love nature)

The club was supposed to meet up, but I arrived early and ran by myself. When I got back the group was there... so me being the 'keener' that I now am, I went again. But I was not nearly as successful as the first time around. This time it was a definite run-walk loop.

So I'm figgerin' that I should continue to run the first loop and run-walk the second until some point in my life I can run two loops. At that point I will surely have a butt to bounce a quarter off of and my thighs will be made of steel and not the jello that they currently consist of.

Not so sure if I want to keep running with the running club. I like running with the boyfriend much better. He cares about how far I go and how hard I push myself.

I'm considering running in the Deerfoot Run here in Calgary because it is only 5K and because "finish line photos will be taken." That rocks most of all!