Here it is, Friday morning...I've managed to make it through another week! It's gotten to the point that I dislike my job so much that I spend all my time wishing it was Friday evening. Maybe I should start working hard, instead of wishing some long lost rich relative that I've never heard of would die and will me a bunch of money!
Yesterday was our next to the last weigh in for our Basin Belly Buster, and just like I thought, I let our team down! (Not that I really care...but as in everything else I do, I'm competitive, and want to actually lose more body fat than some of the others on my team.) When I finished my little jaunt in the fog Wednesday night, I determined that if I actually wanted to weigh less for this weigh-in than the prior one, I should probably run again to try to drop a few more pounds. With that in mind, I tossed my running stuff in my truck yesterday morning, and headed back out to the OC&E Trail for lunch. My run was successful...at the weigh-in I managed to lose a pound from the prior one.
I was originally only going to go 2.5 miles, but felt pretty good when I hit the halfway mark so wound up running 3.5. Things weren't too bad...my knee has been bothering me quite a bit, but after about 400 yards it quit hurting, so the actual run was pleasant. I guess that's not quite true...there are some conditions on the trail that sometimes make the runs challenging. First of all, the trail is made on an old railroad bed...which means that the freaking thing is as straight as an arrow. What's wrong with that you ask? Well, nothing...if you're in good shape, and can run forever! On the other hand, if you're like me and you're fat and OUT of shape it can be real torture. You're running along, feeling good, and get to the turnaround point. Then you get to look back to where you have to go, and when your body is telling you it's time to quit, you still can't see where you parked....all you can see is miles and miles and miles of trail...fading off into the distance. It can be really discouraging....I hate running on straight trails! The second nasty condition that I hadn't noticed prior to yesterday, are the different odors you encounter as you run. Since we've had fairly cold weather (everything has been pretty much frozen for the last two months) I hadn't really noticed that there are lots of cows along the trail. Yesterday the sun was shining, and things were starting to thaw out...and because cows aren't really concerned about where they relieve themselves and tend to congregate along fences, the pastures paralleling the trail are covered with tons of crap, with the vast majority within 30 yards of the fence. As the crap thaws out, the odor increases...and with nothing to do while I run but think, it occurred to me that odors are made up of molecules of whatever causes the odors...so I was inhaling cow shit. I tried to run the last half mile without breathing, but to no avail...I'm just not in good enough shape.
My conclusion after the run? Forget running in the sunlight...it's much better to be in the fog (or dark)!
You crack me up! I will say though that that trail can get pretty smelly, especially when the sun is shining. When you head the other way in the summer time there is a nice little "valley" with sagebrush on either side that to me smelled awful, I bet you'd like it though.
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