Lazy Sunday & Aces up my sleeve

LAZY SUNDAY

I’ve got 3.8 miles to get to 90, my low end goal, or 7.8 miles to get to my high end goal for the week. But I just can bring myself to get off my couch to even eat something. I gotta get out there. I can’t just sit here, I know I’ll hate myself for taking Sunday off. I’m so tired though. Karma really wants out. Maybe I’ll just take him down for a mile run, and call it 4. Yeah. That sounds good, I know he really wants to run a bit.

I figured an easy 1.2 mile loop wouldn’t require any food, so I popped on my shoes, and Karma put on his running leash and we set off. Sloooow slow pace, my legs were tired, my hip hurts, I’m tired, and I think my head hurts too. Only had a few drinks last night over 5.5 hours, but my hangovers don’t discriminate between 3 or 13 drinks.

As we ran into the neighborhood, my legs slowly coming back, and Karma’s tail was wagging, provided we were in the shade of the trees. Every time we’d pop out into the sun, he’d slow down to a crawl. It’s ok, after all, this run is for him and not me. And he’s so happy to be out there. We eventually made it back home, and I quickly decided I was only cheating myself by calling 1.2 miles 4. So I took off Karma’s collar and leash, grabbed my iPod and turned right back out the door. I’d be glad I did.

ACES UP MY SLEEVE

Sunday mornings are so nice. The people that are out are feeling mellow, walking their dogs, taking their kids for a stroll(er). I pressed play and got lucky finding what is possibly one of the best songs to play on a lazy Sunday morning, Radiohead’s Weird Fishes. Press play, watch the first minute until the “journey” part ends and then resume reading. Keep the song going though, it’s a good one!



Doesn’t the song’s melody just makes you feel like you’re starting a journey? That’s exactly how I was feeling, on my run, and I found it so weird how I found this video on youtube of someone feeling the same about this song.

I quickly felt like picking up the pace with the song. I felt so good, my 8:40, went to 8:30, then 8:10, and quickly I was up to 7:50 or so.

The song ended and I felt refreshed. Everything was perfect, the temperature in the shade, the neighbors out walking, the peaceful setting, almost complete lack of cars.

I like how you can take pieces of a song and make them mean so much to you. I’ve been absolutely addicted to this song for a couple of months now. It’s not a new song, but to me, it still hasn’t gotten old.

I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.

I played this song over and over again. It was simply perfect to run to this morning. Soon enough I was hitting the volume button, then running faster.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute. .

Faster. Faster. It just felt so perfect. Hitting replay to hear it again. A painful 1.2 miler was now the best run I’d had in weeks. I’m popping 7 min miles easily, and am loving every minute of it. Why spend our lives sitting in traffic to and from work? I'm looking down at my feet. Staring at my legs' turn-over. boom boom boom boom boom boom boom, legs turning over, one in front of the other. This is what we're supposed to do. Move foward with our legs, not sit in a car. The asphalt is a blurry treadmill like surface as i'm just looking at my feet replacing each other with each step. So cool! So absolutely perfect.

I miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone. .

I’m passing neighbors, waving, finding happiness in everything. Fantastic. With this runner’s high I have, I coud’ve easily extended this out to 10 miles. There’s no end in sight!

There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew

Finished with 4.7 miles, and 91.1 miles for the week, exactly where I wanted to be.

Have a lazy, yet perfect Sunday, everyone!