5 miles

Today I ran 5 miles. I ran in my neighborhood; every time I saw a street I ran down it until I got to the main road, then I went home. Amelia loves running! She's less happy when I walk. Sadly, my walking buddy, Susie sprained her ankle yesterday so I'll probably be doing a bit more running in the mornings. At least Amelia will be happy.

It was hot today, nearly 75. It's hard to run in hot weather, but especially hard because it makes my blood sugar drop more quickly than in cooler temperatures. I did not plan on hot weather, it is February 1 after all. I guess because of the weather, and maybe because of what I ate for breakfast, I had extremely low blood sugar when I got home. I felt awful: dizzy, light headed. I was nearly certain that I was going to faint. The funny thing is, I didn't realize how awful I felt until I stopped running. I drank tons of Gatorade to bring my blood sugar to an acceptable level. As soon as I started to feel normal again I jumped in the shower but my blood sugar continued to drop so mid-shower I jumped out and drank more Gatorade. And after my shower, another glass of Gatorade. It's a good thing Joe buys Gatorade in bulk.

I could never exercise for weight loss. It seems like every time I have a good work out I have to eat or drink tons of calories to stabilize my blood sugar. Ah diabetes, how I loathe thee.

A much needed break.

Today I ran seven miles. It was mostly uneventful.

While I was running I was thinking about this blog. I decided last night that I needed to make myself accountable to something in order to motivate me on lazy days. Hence, the blog. Now I must record something about my run and so I must, in fact, run. *shock*

Isn't it amazing that I could run on January 22 in shorts and a t-shirt. I should have been thinking that.

On the street where I ran today.

I switched back to my old running shoes today. The shoes I wore while training to run my first 1/2 marathon. I love those shoes. The shoes I have been wearing weren't supportive enough. Fabulous old shoes are far better than sub-par new shoes. Actually, it's funny that today was the day that I switched. While I was running an overweight old man with a beard was out walking his dog when he saw me running past. He stopped me to ask what brand of running shoes I was wearing. I told him that I love my shoes.

I ran past a dead opossum. Today I saw my first live opossum at the Blue Springs Manatee Festival and my first dead opossum, on the side of the road by my house. Fortunately I saw it. Otherwise it may have been the first opossum that I ran through. *gross*

Joe watched the kids while I ran. Actually, he ignored Henry while I ran, hoping Henry would fall asleep. Amelia likely entertained herself. Joe did taxes. *boo*

It's such a treat to go running all by myself. I need to remember to take advantage of this opportunity whenever it presents itself.