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I've had several people ask me, "What do you think about while you're running?"
At first I thought "Think? I can't even breathe....much less think...?"
I ran 5 miles last night for the very first time, a strong 5 miles.....not the cheater cheater pumpkin eater kind ;) haha!
So I thought THIS would be a good time to tell you guys what someone like me thinks while she is running her first 5 miles.
Have a seat...it takes me a looooong time to run 5 miles so there is a lot of thinkin' happenin':
Here we go:
"Why is Isabel going so fast..."
"Wait maybe I'm going too fast..."
"Relax your shoulders..."
"The weather is sooooo nice...."
"Why did I bring this big water bottle....?"
"Jesus protect my left knee-Yea THAT ONE"
"I love Prince"
"That's a cute house"
"OH sweet MARY who is cookin' bar b q chicken!?"
"I'm not going to look at my Garmin until that white truck up there..."
"burp"
"seriously we have only ran a mile and a half..."
"Is Kristy talking to me?"
"I'm so glad I didn't lose my music when I got my new phone"
"Don't you stop Melissa"
"Jesus, does me finishing 5 miles make you proud?'
"What kind of status should I put up..."
"People hate when I put up statuses about running"
"I don't care....eeewwwww I just swallowed a bug..."
"....um why do I do this.....? seriously do I think THIS will change me....will running make me a better person?"
"oh stop Melissa....you run because it's healthy...."
"Damn Isabel runs fast."
"a jacket? I have a jacket on....I bet people think it's a running jacket...nope I wore it to work, it works though."
"Thank you Jesus for helping me close that deal today-it felt good"
"Will Kyleigh be proud that I finish 5 miles-my sister will be....she thinks I can do anything"
"OK I will look at my Garmin when I get to that overly decorated house"
"Wonder if my husband will run?"
"Ricky Jackson is HOT-wonder if he runs?"
"I'm hungry.."
"I hope when I weigh in this week I've lost like 5 pounds..."
"3 miles? wow....a 5k....and no free tshirt...cool..."
"Brass Monkey that funkey junkey...."
"Junkey...? hahahah sounds funny."
"I love when Kristy says I may need new shoes-its like a prescription...."
"Almost 4 miles"
"Act like you are running 7 miles"
SAID THIS OUT LOUD: "Hey guys does it even look like I'm running?"
"hahahahaa"
"I'm numb. I wonder what I look like?"
"I cant wait until my shadow gets smaller"
"I have worked so hard"
"Seriously these women care about me-look at them waiting for us to finish"
"I wonder if that song Grenade came out before or after Jersey Shore started getting popular?"
"oooo I may be getting gassy, I know everyone says its OK...but seriously if I ever toot while running....I WILL JUST DIE of embarrassment"
"4.7 miles....ME? seriously...."
"Jesus did you ever run?"
"why would I ask that..."
"my knees hurt bad"
"keep moving your feet-Melissa"
"4.9 can we just stop....?"
"hey let's go another mile....seriously I could"
"5 miles.....oooooo wow I didn't stop. Isabel didn't stop...we kept going....we are so good at running"
Ok so there ya go...
Tomorrow I will share with you the thoughts in my head while in the car driving home.
And if you guys are lucky....I will share "the next morning"