Things I Think About When I'm Running

This Dopey Challenge training stuff has caused me to spend a lot of quality time with myself. Often in the oh-hell-no-o'clock hours while normal people are still sleeping. This has already had a couple of effects: 1) the time of day I most look forward to is bedtime. When I wake up, often my first thought is of when I can sleep again, and 2) I have a lot of time to think. I'd like to say I use this time to ponder the great questions of the universe but let's not forget it's really early and I'm not a morning person. Below are some of the thoughts I've had during runs this week.

Thoughts about what I'm using to fuel myself. "Powerade does indeed go bad. I'm not sure what the timeline is for that to happen but personal experience tells me it's somewhere south of 7 years."

Thoughts about what normal productive people do. "Geez - look at these people in their cars. They are already showered and dressed and on their way places to do things. That one even managed to get a kid dressed too. It's only 6:43 a.m. Who are these people? "

Thoughts about the one shoe I found abandoned by the water fountain in the park. "Hmmm....one shoe. How does someone lose one shoe? I mean, it's clearly a kid's shoe, but wouldn't they notice that they were walking a little crooked on the way home? At the very least, wouldn't the adult that took them home from said park notice the child in their care was semi-shoeless? Also - what will they do with the other shoe?"

Thoughts about how I need to add some variety to my playlist. "Man I need to add some more music to my running playlist. Ugh...I don't want to have to use iTunes on my computer. I bet celebrities don't have to update their own playlists. They probably have someone to do that kind of thing for them. I need someone to do that for me. There should be a service where people do that for you! I would pay for that. This is brilliant. This is my million dollar idea."

My runs are still fairly short so my thinking time is still limited. I'm sure I'll manage to solve the world's problems once my run milage hit the double digits.