Five Runfessions for August

As August winds down, it's time for a cleansing dose of Runfessions!

I runfess...

After installing new bike pedals and shoes combo, I knew it was coming.  A fall.  Where is a videographer when you need one?  I'm still laughing.  I rolled up to the woods to stop, get off, and walk my bike up a steep path.  Except, I forgot to unclip.  I made the split second decision to release my brakes and roll mere inches more where I could fall in the weeds and brush as opposed to the pavement.    It was one of those slow motion falls {oh frig, this may huurrrttttt...} which left me sitting perplexed and sock-footed with weeds sticking out of my helmet and out of poor Sanity's crevices.  I'm pleased to say, I went ahead with that ride.   Nothing was seriously hurt...but my dignity...and maybe Sanity's too.

330 calories {gulp}

I runfess...

I was giddy with excitement to recently find my beloved frosted shortbread cookie back into Starbuck's lineup.   Mmmmm....tastes like an octopus.   I wish I had never looked up the nutritional information, however.  I did not know octopi were so high in saturated fat.

 
I runfess...

I was looking forward to the grand-puppy going back to college and school starting for our still-at-home high school senior.  I was craving normalcy.  Tranquility.  Who was I kidding?  Not only did I have to extract 21 (you heard me, twenty-frigging-one) dead frogs [toads? does it matter?] from the pool skimmer, but my special needs dog brought a young squirrel in the house the other morning. What's a gal to do?  Just calmly step over said dying squirrel to get the milk out of the fridge so I could eat my oatmeal.   I'm learning to roll with the flow...



I runfess...

So far, I've taken two weeks off of running.  Yep.  It was a hard decision, but after experiencing a weird (yet mild) pain in my leg that wasn't going away -- coupled with a lingering hamstring issue -- I needed to.  With two race-cations this fall, ain't nobody got time for that!  I'm water skiing, I'm still training for that century ride too, but I've been running in the pool in lieu of on the pavement.   The best news?  I feel so much better!  Now I've got to make the equally tough decision when to hit the road again.

Thank you Wendy for the beautiful hand-made totem!

 I runfess...

Although I'm so over dew points of 75 and feels-like temps of 85 before 8 am, I will be sad to see the water skiing season come to an end.  After all, it was my first sport -- the one active thing I was encouraged to do as a girl in the 70's.  It's noteworthy that as kids we were so wide-eyed impressed that our lake neighbor was a "old" lady in her 60s that could still ski.  That.Will.Be.Me.    

Is it crazy at your house too?  (Please say yes!)

What would you like to runfess?

I'm linking with my friend Marcia today from Marcia's Healthy Slice.
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