But! I went with my running group last night, and I ran all the way around the outer loop of Greenlake, and I didn't need to stop ONCE! I ran down to the lake too, and ran home-- I think it was close to 4 or 5 miles in all. I felt stronger, and I'm pretty sure we were going faster.
I bet you anything it's because I was engrossed in conversation.
Engrossed is such an unfortunate word, isn't it? It sounds like the exact opposite of what it means. Words like pungent and diaphanous are delicious because they SOUND just how they MEAN... Not so with engrossed. Engrossed sounds gross.
Anyway: I'm going to keep trying with the running thing. I think I would like to say that, for at least a brief period of my life, I could run a few miles without stopping. I keep telling myself the prime of my life isn't going to last much longer, and I really ought to make the most of it while I'm there.
This is Iris, by the way: Zeus's rainbow messenger, as depicted by Howard David Johnson.
Doesn't she look like she could run fast?
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I'm just now getting caught up with three weeks of google reader. I thoroughly enjoy every entry you write. There. I said it.
Keep running, Iris.
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