After a frustrating day yesterday, and after almost wanting to ram this poor person off the road in front of me, I realized that driving to the crowded 24 Hour Hollywood gym to exercise in my already agitated state was PROBABLY not the BEST idea. Instead I opted to drive home and go for a run around 6:50 at night. I HAD SO MUCH FUN! It was quiet, I could think, and I wasn't scared at all! I think that the run did agitate my cold, but otherwise, it cleared my head and was exciting.
I did get a little lost though w/ no sun as a guide/marker. I was running in NE Portland and got turned around on Alameda St. It curves and I thought I was still running West when I got to an intersection that said "24th & Mason" and I was on 24th! "Wait, don't the numbered streets run North/South?!" But instead of stopping and investigating, I kept running, thinking that the sign must have been turned around. I still literally "felt" that I was running West. Nope. It was so weird when I realized that I was actually running North. I felt so disoriented and wacky. But I corrected my mistake and continued on.
I won't make it a habit to run at night, but it was a beautiful night and I REALLY enjoyed the run!
3 comments:
Sounds SO much better than the gym!
That is one of the many things that I am so thankful for TNT for ~ getting me out of the gym!
A little rain or hail or cold doesn't stop me any more after last season! ...although I hope it's another Spring-like day today again :-)
I KNOW Julie!! TNT has definitely trained me to be tough when it comes to training in bad weather! How is TNT going this season? I miss the motivation to get up on Sat. mornings!
I have been LOVING the weather and hope it sticks around...although it kind of makes me nervous...like we will have a really rainy/harsh spring. :-}
This season is going great! The fear of not knowing what Pac Crest was going to be like ...or even what training for it was going to be like is gone and it's all good now!
Have a blast on vacation - I am so jealous!!!
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