Age has nothing to do with it…
2/25/2023
As my usual after chores, I bicker
with myself.
“I don’t feel like running today.
Just stop that. That’s crazy talk. Okay reset mind.”
“Do I do chores then read, write,
and edit for four hours then run?”
Making tea and doing pet care. “Or
do I do only pet chores, stretch and then run? Or do I do chores, read, stretch
then run?”
Putting the dishes away. “How
about not stretching? No that’s dumb. Okay start over.”
Emptying the trash. “Run after
chores, read a little bit, stretch and get outside run at least five miles and
try to do seven; but you know you wanted to run ten miles.”
I stretched then got outside, “Well,
we will see.” Hits stopwatch.
“I better test the hill. I’ll know
by then”. I’d been avoiding our big hill for days now.
“Snowing is good. Maybe that’s
what I needed. I really should do ten.” Up to Glen then over down Vreeland;
then to Erie; then Ridge road. Pass the elementary school by Clinton.
“Yeah. Com’on don’t be a wimp. Do
ten miles.” Checking the watch at 4.5 miles in.
Two miles later. “I think twelve
miles is a good number. Yeah. Aim for twelve today.”
Skirts near Glen Rock. Then back
up near Ridge School. Then back onto to Erie, now in Midland Park. “You know thirteen
miles is just another—not even eight more minutes. And you know, if you could’ve
done thirteen miles today and you did twelve then you’re editing so much that
tomorrow you’ll feel too lousy to put in five to seven miles, you’ll be mad at
yourself. You just know that. So, suck it up and do thirteen miles today.”
Gets into the Hillcrest and
Heights areas loops through. “Well, I’ve got eleven miles in. Yeah, I could do
fourteen miles. Yeah. Com’on that’s easy.”
Nearing the twelve-mile mark,
doing loops by the old horse farm area. “The more you run today, tomorrow you
can be a slob and run five miles. Com’on. And you want to run across the United
States. Not at this rate. Your attitude sucks.”
More loops done near Belmont and
Avondale. “I’m in my seventh decade of life and my fifth decade of running distance.
When I’m in my 6th decade of running distance I can complain and be
grumpy.”
I turn away from going towards
Monroe and home. I take on another few loops past Hillcrest. “You know it would
be smart to do fifteen today. You don’t feel bad at all. Your mind is more
rested than you’d thought. Remember its all about the mind. Strengthen the damn
thing Jody, do fifteen miles.”
Well past thirteen miles I looked down at my watch. “See not so bad. You ain’t dragging. Fifteen miles is a mile a away. Make it so.” I finished with fifteen and not dragging either.---Jody-Lynn Reicher
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