Running is a learning experience and I learned three things today:
1. It may be cold outside when you start, but you will not want that jacket 30 seconds into your run.
2. People will think you are weird when you motivate yourself.
3. People in cars like to honk at you.
Let me elaborate these three things.
When I stepped outside today I was pretty cold (I live in Arizona and anything under 80 is cold). I decided that I would need my jacket I did my warm up walk and it seemed like a good idea to keep the jacket. When I started my first 3 minute run, I realized that it was a bad idea. I was extremely hot. I could not take my jacket off and put it in my Camelbak, since it is so small, so I had to unzip my jacket most of the way to allow air to move under to cool me off. It was still super HOT!
Today I got about halfway through my run before I was feeling the urge to stop. I decided that I needed to motivate myself in order to keep running. I decided to sing the songs that came up on my playlist. Which I think is just fine and dandy, but I suppose I need to be careful about the songs I choose to sing. Singing “Shake it” by Metro Station is okay until someone thinks you are singing to them. Some woman whipped around and gave me the glare of death until she realized that I was dance/running (oh it’s possible). In my defense, she was behind a bush and I had no idea she was there.
Is there a club for honking at people while they are running? Seriously, I am busy running and I am on the sidewalk. Don’t honk at me.
That being said, I found a magazine called Sweat and inside I found my first 5k that I will be registering for. It is called the Iron Girl. It is strictly for women and it is specifically to help empower women to live a healthier life.
