jackass..

I ran this morning. My usual long run on the weekends that I do on either Saturday or Sunday morning. It catches me off guard at time, I mean I have an inkling that im gonna run long either day, its just a particular mornng calls me out the door. Today was that morning.

I awoke with a whisper in my ear to get up..not literally understand, but mentally. Its like my internal clock gets me up and tells me, todays the day so get your ass up!! It was still semi-dark @ 6:30 in the A.M...so I got up, put in my new eyes..

(SIDE STORY - I broke my freaking glasses Thursday morning..literally in two! I guess I fell asleep with them on, rolled over, and they somehow ended up underneath the headboard, in two pieces, broken right between the eyes. During that time I was searching for my glasses, I had located my contact case and put one eye in, tried to put the other eye in and found out that my other contact was torn right in the middle! So there I was, with only one good eye, and no way to wear my glasses except for a piece of gray masking tape right down the middle...no freaking way. Me and my vain ass were blind in one until I was able to see the eye dr. and get a temporary pair of contacts. GuessI hadn't been to the eye dr. in like 3 years..and I so DReAD going to the freakign eye doctor..I have such bad eyesight I always feel like when I do go they're gonna yell at me for my poor eyes. Anywho..change of pace this checkup...my eyes actually FREAKING GOT BETTER!! By like some miracle I had gone down so much my Dr. was all freaked.."what have done differently since your last visit? he asked.

"well....I did have a Son."


BINGO! Isn't that a trip! I love my lil Man-BOI!!!!)

END SIDE-STORY..

So anywho..

I was up and antsy. I was trying to figure if I was gonna take this long run to Tempe Town Lake for at least a 10..or down old reliable at the canal.

I chowed down a banana and chugged down a cup and half of water. Now, I kinda figured if was going to run the 13.2 I planned to run..this wasn't gonna cut it. BUT, I had no GU, no time, and I HAD eaten some buff beans (O'odham style yo) and some popovers (aka frybread) the night before, so i figured that was enough sustenance to tide me over for the run....yea right.

Finally deciding on the canal.I was out the door.

Set my jams and I was off.

Then I had to stop...I fugged up my go button on my ipod that tracks my runs..so I had to stop and reset it and go again.

No big deal..but I was kinda pissed at the mileage I had lost because I had to reset but oh well..

Mile .77 flew by..then instead of turning left like I usually do, I turned right and added 2.7 miles of dusty farming road. It was a nice change of pace, as the road was flat, dirt, and with a faint breeze that felt good on my already hot skin. Making my way back to my original jumping off point, I felt trepidation at my mileage aimed at for today..and that feeling of being slightly off. Not really physically, but more mentally.


Mile 3 had me at slightly under 27 minutes..a good place to be. Then the stomach cramping began. Lets just say I had to detour behind some bushes....

But I emerged crampless and ready to kik ass. lol.

I hit mile 5 thinking I would stop at Pima Rd. ..but to my surprise I pushed myself foward with my nest goal being when I hit mile 6. THen when I hit mile 6.6..then at mile 7 and the rest area..I gave in and stopped for a potty break and some water. Too bad the potty was locked , but at least I got some water.

Streched for half a minute and I was off again..

much slower..running at about 9:30. BY this time I was running against the wind and it was pushing me down, whispering in my ear to stop again..to run slower..but I told it to shutup and kept my cool and paced it out. Kept it under 9:30 and made it back to Pima Rd...crossed back over the Rez line and pounded the dirt again.

Again, I was going to give myself a break at Pima, but I continued on, then I was going to break at the underpass, but I kept on trucking..all the way till I hit mile 10...where I did break for about a half a minute..but then I thought why? I wasn't all that tired..but I was beat down. By the sun, by lack of food, by my mouth watering at the thought of gatorade, by the trucks hacking up and spewing my dreaded allergens to my right...

So for today..I ran 11.10 miles in 1:39:44. Averaged 8:58 minute miles!

So for the week so far:

Mon: Kik Ass class (1 hr.)
Tues: 5:03 miles in 40:49/8:06 min/miles.
Weds: Family Time.
Thurs: 5.08 miles in 43:00/8:27 min/miles.
Fri: REST.
Sat: 11.13 miles in 1:39:44/ 8:58 min/miles.

Total so far for week: 21.24 miles.

Sunday I plan to run at least 7.5 miles. Hopefully I can find it in my to chug out an extra mile and a half to make it 30 miles for the week. Maybe split my run into two..I have a busy day tomorrow.

BTW..

if you haven't seen JACKASS II....your freaking missing out!

I laughed, I cried, I almost peed in my pants!

GO SEE IT!

everyone needs a good laugh once in a while..(as well as a good kik in the ass but thats besides the point..or is it?)