I'm always astounded at how much I hate running until I actually go do it. Granted, the first two miles I still hate, but when I hit my third or fourth, I start enjoying it.
The other day, I ran about two miles around the peninsula and then decided to take a new route home instead of just "turning around". I took a right up this long, winding hill and knew that it would be a good challenge for me. It was a little bit more than I bargained for and things were stop/go/stop/go for a bit. When I reached the top I was in the "neighborhoods" of West Seattle. Not far from where I was was the house of the Andrei, the boy I tutor, and from recents trips there knew that it was connected to a downhill road that came out only a few blocks from the apartment.
Things were going great until I realized that I was lost. For some reason the road I went down that I thought was going to take me to the downhill was not the one that was going to take me to the downhill. Grrrrr.
a full 12-16 blocks later of running around in something of a maze, I finally stumbled across it. Turns out I was only a block off originally -_- .....but the good thing was that I was so distracted with my surroundings I had been running at a good pace the entire time and had managed to get my breathing under control and have an amazing last half of a run.
Complete running time that day: 1:15 minutes, versus the 30 min I usually do.
Isn't that great!!! Now you can reward yourself without the guilt! Good Job.
ReplyDeleteI've been working on the bike today. Cleaning, polishing, and doing some dress up on it. Might order some chrome tips for the front fender. Looking good and riding fine. rode to the parts store and back. Now I have to go see if I can wire up my GPS to it.
I know a guy here that does the BEST paintwork ever. He painted up our new statue bird thats going by the gate soon and holy shit its s gorgeous I cant wait for them to assemble it and show it so I can take pics. The water detail is amazing, and the islander? Creepy yet so enticing at the same time, its just so awesome.
ReplyDeleteBut I found out he does this all the time on cars and bikes, but only if he wants to, because to him its more of a passion than a job.
Only thing is the price, apparently for JUST a motorcycle gas tank he charges.... $5000. (From what I heard through, he's actually worth it, lol)
Don't feel bad Rachel, Philip took a wrong turn on his PT test run and ended up with a 290 instead of his usual 300. Oh and at least you weren't in Afghanistan!
ReplyDeleteNot paying for the paint. Decided yesterday as I was working on it to keep it black.
ReplyDeleteI do want to see good pictures of the 60 paint job. thought it would be cool to model and try to duplicate.
Hey guys, seriously, how the hell did this even come up in my blog. I mentioned nothing about painting or customizing...move it over to your blogs! :P
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I don't feel so bad. During a PT test too? Embarrassing....at least he's high ranking, no one will comment.....(to his face hehe)