Thank You

My inspiration to run comes from many different places. Today it came from you. Well, some of it did.

Let's start out with the time.
My eyes open at 7:36 and to my great delight, the sound of silence dawns my window. I peek outside to see the branches are barely moving and the rain is light, if any. I'LL BE RUNNING TODAY! :-)

At 8:30 I'm ready to go. I headed downhill turning left onto American River. I've already decided to run the Paymaster route. When I came full circle and ended up back at the bottom of my street, my brain told me to stop, but my legs kept going. Why? Why did I feel the need to keep going? I always find myself wondering that!?! I guess I just wanted more. Sometimes I put my body in cruise control and when I get near the end, I feel a disappointed. Like when a really hot date is almost over.

Oh my gosh Kathy! You're not really comparing running to a super hot date, are you??
Well, yeah. Sort of. Both are thrilling, tiring, exciting, makes you feel like pueking and gets your heart rate way up.

So, I kept going. Now I'm headed for Otter loop and at first I decide to run it backwards with the major steep hill on the downside. But to my surprise again I turn to soon, knowing full well that I will be running up the killer hill. My brain screams "WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU IDIOT! YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET UP THE HILL WITHOUT STOPPING!"

Shut up! Too late! Here we go!

I did it. I ran both routes without stopping. I never changed a song on my ipod, so I know that I ran the almost 4 miles in 43.82 minutes.

Thank You, thank you. I am proud of myself today. However, you must take a bow, because like I said- you helped me.

While I was running the second route, the major steep hill...when I thought I might puek up my guts right there if front of that new log home, I remembered you. My blog readers.
Wouldn't it be great if I could write a post today and actually be able to say I did this double route thing without stopping? And my time, that could be good to. DON'T STOP KATHY!

So therefore I must say to you...Thank You.