Day 3 and I've experienced my first chafing incident. Let's just say my pink running skirt isn't as adept at making it past 2 miles as I am. You can imagine what a delightful experience showering was after that run. I should have known. It's the running gods' little joke on me. Apparently, the only outfits that are comfortable for me to run long distances in are getups that make me look like a character out of an SNL skit.
The good news is that I've run 3 straight days and now I get a couple days break before my first "long" run. Notice the word long is in quotes. That's because in several weeks, I'll look back at this "long" run and refer to it as one of the good 'ole days. At that point, 6 miles won't even be halfway to my end destination. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. I have simply days until I have to worry about that.
The bad news is that I decided to crunch some numbers - something that never goes well for me. In my number-crunching madness, I discovered that en route to my holy grail run of the Disney Marathon, I will have logged 437 miles. That's the equivalent of running from my house to the Sears Tower 3 times and STILL having more than 40 miles left as a chaser.
So now I'm off to bask in a stretch of several running-free days. And when I return to the roadways, I'll be wearing something in a lovely shade of spandex.
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I don't get running skirts. I think they are really for people who don't run.
ReplyDeleteThere was an article in Runner's World awhile back about running skirts - some serious runners love 'em, some hate 'em.
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