Little Birdie

Training. Healthy eating. A good night’s sleep. Focus. Excitement.

All of these things would have been really good to have for my very first 5K. But I didn’t have a single one of them. Quite the opposite: I probably got out to train twice the entire month before the run. I did manage to eat healthy the day before and day of the run, but the entire month before I think I spent twice my normal allowance on fast food. The night before, I surely meant to get to bed by 9, but I didn’t manage to slide under the covers until after midnight. Focus? HA! Excitement? Bah HUMBUG!
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When we last left our hero on February 12th, I had announced to hyperblagspaceworld that I had started running again, and it was going less than stellar. Well, after I recovered from my shin splints, I started up again, only to fall flat on my ass (actually it was more like my knee) and twist my ankle less than a week later. Good thing nobody was watching, but I assume it was pretty funny. I mean, I even laughed at myself. Through the tears, of course. I was so frustrated! I limped back home, iced it down, and hoped for the best.
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A few weeks after the new year, I decided something. I decided that I was fat and out of shape, and that just didn’t fit me at all. Now, it may come as a surprise to some people that I am in fact fat and out of shape. I know, it surprised me too.

Isn’t it funny that often we are the last people on earth to find out about ourselves what everyone else has known all along?

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