Hiking off a cold
I couldn’t take it anymore. If I didn’t get out of the house I was going to start killing people.
The ex was asleep at 9 when I called him and told him to be ready in a half hour. He was still asleep at 10 when I called to find out where he was.
This was a hike I had been wanting to go on since we started doing this, but I was CERTAIN there wasn’t a cold chance in hell I could make the round trip of 3.5 miles there and back. Funny how we let our minds fuck with us. This now is a ‘warm up hike’ for me…unless I am coming off a brutal cold.
I told Dan I wasn’t going to run today because I was on DayQuil and I hadn’t moved in a week. We got on the trail and my new mind took control. “Let’s run”. We ran the mile down to the bridge and then off and on the rest of the way. It felt SO GOOD to be back on ground again. My shoes were so happy that they squeaked when I put them on. Okay, that might be because the last hike required me running through a water fall and I had to dry them in the sun. But the shoes were happy non the less.
This was the most crowded trail we have been on, but when day hikers hear trail runners coming up behind them, they tend to get out of the way. Everyone was really nice and moved aside so we could keep going at our pace.
Doing this hike was harder than the 5k. I was so worn out at 2 miles I had had to stop and take a few minutes to catch my breath. Trail running is tough shit.
I had a long talk with my friend, Bill the other day. He said I am motivating him and then he told me a little story about this marathon he ran just because someone told him that he wouldn’t be able to do it. He said he was going to send me the link to train and we are going to run one. He didn’t laugh nearly as hard as I did when he said that. “I truly have no interest in running a marathon.” He said, “You will train and we will run.” Okay, Mr. Miagi…I will train. *rolling eyes* I love Bill though.
Dan and I have a few friends interested in signing up for the Merrell (my shoe maker) Mud Run in October. We want to do the 10k. Okay, let’s be clear. Dan wanted to do the Tough Mudder. Google that shit, LIVE WIRES, oh hell no! and Tabitha wants to do the damn Warrior Dash. PEOPLE, can we have a happy medium? Yes, the finally listened to me and we have decided to do the one CLOSE TO HOME and WITHOUT LIVE WIRES! stupid ex’s of mine. i swear those two and their wild hair in their asses. How did I get mixed up with those two!?
Oh yeah, God said, “You will have all the happiness I can give you…but your best friend will be a wild red head that jumps out of planes, and you will join her. Your other best friend will be your second ex husband’s first wife who is just straight crazy and you will be life long friends with you first ex husband who will drive you so mad that your hair will fall out and you’ll find new names to call him on a weekly basis. Just to cover the bases, you’ll be madly in love with a grumpy old goat that thinks you’re the most amazing woman…but oh the happiness that you will get from these individuals will be well worth all the trouble…you cause them.”