{"id":102,"date":"2013-02-18T03:12:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T03:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramblingrunnergirl.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2013-02-18T06:19:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T06:19:25","slug":"14-no-wait-make-that-15-miles-of-complete-randomness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ramblingrunnergirl.com\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"14…No, wait, make that 15 Miles of complete randomness…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday\u00a0morning as I sat in my SUV, trying to motivate myself to get out of it\u2019s warmth and go run 14 miles, I procrastinated a little bit.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to share a text conversation I was having in those moments.\u00a0Due to the\u00a0nature of part of the conversation,\u00a0some names may have\u00a0been changed to protect the other party involved.\u00a0 So, for the sake of anonymity, let\u2019s call him, ummmm,\u00a0Mick.<\/p>\n

RRG: Soooo, I\u2019m gonna need some details on this new girl at some point. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Mick: Haha. In good time. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

RRG: So mysterious.\u00a0 C\u2019mon, it\u2019s just me\u2026\u00a0 Just kidding, but we need to catch up soon.\u00a0 I\u2019m off to run 14.\u00a0 Laters\u2026<\/p>\n

Mick: Definitely!\u00a0 Have a great run!<\/p>\n

RRG: Thanks.\u00a0 I am so not excited about this right now.<\/p>\n

Mick: You\u2019ll be excited about it after you PR at Vancouver.<\/p>\n

RRG: Right on.<\/p>\n

Alright Linds, let\u2019s do this! Remember, it\u2019s not about pace, it\u2019s just about logging the miles.\u00a0 Nice and easy.\u00a0 14 miles.\u00a0 Take \u2018em one at a time.\u00a0 Here we go\u2026<\/p>\n

Mick was right, getting up on a Saturday to go run 14 in the cold IS going to be worth it when I cross that finish line in Vancouver.\u00a0 Which, by the way, Steve still <\/i>has not given me the hotel info.\u00a0 But yeah, that\u2019s gonna be a fantastic weekend.\u00a0 And I’m gonna rock it out on that course.<\/p>\n

I probably shouldn\u2019t have had that extra Blue Moon last night, but what are ya gonna do?\u00a0 At least there was an orange slice in it.<\/p>\n

Boy, people are really friendly in Forest Park today.\u00a0 Everyone is so smiley.\u00a0 Good Morning, happy chick. Did that guy just wink at me?!\u00a0 I wonder why everyone is so\u2026Oh, wait, I\u2019m doing it again.\u00a0 That thing I do, when I\u2019m running and I have a big dorky smile on my face, cause I\u2019m just happy to be running.\u00a0 I\u2019m a geek.\u00a0 But whatevs\u2026Hey there smiley people of Forest Park, it\u2019s a good morning!\u00a0 Chilly, but good.\u00a0 The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and it\u2019s so flipping\u00a0cold I can\u2019t feel my nose.\u00a0 This wind has some serious bite to it.\u00a0 I am soooo jealous of all my friends that are running races in warm weather this weekend.\u00a0 Austin, Pasadena\u2026yeah, St. Louis in February just isn\u2019t quite cutting it today.<\/p>\n

My achilles is acting up, I wonder what that\u2019s about.\u00a0 That\u2019s one area I don\u2019t usually have trouble with, so that\u2019s kinda weird\u2026<\/p>\n

I am so not looking forward to meeting with the accountant later.\u00a0 Can\u2019t I just live in denial and not deal with the whole tax return nightmare? This whole thing has me completely freaking out.\u00a0 I can\u2019t think of anything I like less than taxes\u2026<\/p>\n

HEYHEY, Chick in the Michigan sweatshirt, WHAT UP?!\u00a0 Did you see the way my Spartans gave your wolverines a beat down the other night?\u00a0 Oh yeah, that was awesomeness.<\/p>\n

I think that guy is wearing the red NB jacket we sell at that store.\u00a0 Oooh, he\u2019s cute.\u00a0 And he\u2019s smiling at me.\u00a0 That\u2019s right, cute boy, smile away.\u00a0 How you<\/b> doin\u2019?<\/p>\n

Yeah, Nicky Minaj\u2026And to my core fans, keep reppin\u2019 me, do it to the death of me, X in the box, cause ain\u2019t nobody checkin\u2019 me.<\/i><\/p>\n

I like that girl\u2019s tights, but Oh, Sister, the Pegasus is so not the shoe for you.\u00a0 You really need a nice Structure Triax.\u00a0 Ouch.<\/p>\n

Awwww, good memories.\u00a0 I remember running down this hill with Jess the night we did our impromptu Forest Park run. \u00a0That was a good time, especially since I didn\u2019t kill us cutting across 3 lanes of 64\/40 to exit at the last second, oops. Dang, I miiiiiiissssssss that girrrrrrrl.<\/p>\n

Oooh, it\u2019s the cute boy in red\u00a0again.\u00a0 Hi cute boy.<\/p>\n

One loop around the park almost done.\u00a0 Should I stop for water now?\u00a0 Nah, I\u2019m gonna knock out a little more of this, I feel pretty good.<\/p>\n

Good old Steinberg skating rink.\u00a0 I can’t believe I agreed to go ice skating tonight.\u00a0 That\u2019s gonna be interesting.\u00a0 When was the last time I was on ice skates?\u00a0 I think it was back in Chicago with Ally\u2019s girl scout troop\u2026so, 2008?!<\/p>\n

Oh my, Lord, forgive me for saying this but that girl should NOT be wearing those pants.\u00a0 Yikes.<\/p>\n

Alrighty, time for a break.\u00a0 Pomegranate sports beans, water, check the phone.\u00a0 8 text messages!\u00a0 What’s happening here?! \u00a0Scroll, scroll, scroll\u2026I\u2019ll respond to most of this later.\u00a0 Quick Facebook check…I’m\u00a0getting chilly, time to get back at it and finish these last 5.5 miles.<\/p>\n

Oh, look at the really fast girl running with those boys up there.\u00a0 I want to be like her\u2026oh, wait, I KNOW her.\u00a0 That\u2019s Marxkors!\u00a0 I really DO want to be like her (See blog post titled My Secret Girl Crush).\u00a0 I know ALL those people\u2026its Seth Fagan and Jake Goldsborough.\u00a0 Umm, this isn\u2019t facebook Linds, you probably don\u2019t need to use their full names.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, are you guys gonna wait up for the slow girl?\u201d<\/p>\n

Seriously, did I not just say in a blog\u00a0post on Monday, that Marxkors and I can randomly run into each other anywhere, but planning things just doesn\u2019t work for us.<\/p>\n

(I\u2019m not one to slow people down, and I know my limitations, so I sent them on ahead after a little less than a mile.\u00a0 But thanks for letting me hang with you guys for \u00be of a mile or so.\u00a0 Seth later informed me that he could tell I was struggling to keep up when I\u00a0was giving\u00a0him one word answers to his questions. He’s right, I just don’t ever\u00a0do that.)<\/p>\n

And now back to my nice slow settled pace. ..<\/p>\n

Yikes!\u00a0\u00a0Why is that guy wearing a neon orange Jason style\u00a0hockey mask?!\u00a0 Speed up to get by him quickly.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good thing it\u2019s the middle of the day, otherwise seeing that guy in Forest Park, especially if it was getting dark out,\u00a0might\u00a0be really creepy.<\/p>\n

Oh, geez, Pegasus girl is back.\u00a0 Ugh, it is seriously killing me to watch her run in those shoes.\u00a0 This is one of those times I wish I had a business card\u00a0from the store to hand over to her.<\/p>\n

More than 14 miles done and there\u2019s the car. \u00a0I\u2019m at 14.81\u2026I can\u2019t stop here, I might as well just round it up and make it an even 15.<\/p>\n

Funny, I\u2019m going to finish this run listening to the same song that was playing when I started\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m gonna live like there\u2019s no tomorrow, Love like I\u2019m on borrowed time, It\u2019s good to be alive\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

Yep, it sure is.<\/p>\n

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\"AHHHHH!<\/a>

AHHHHH! There are dinosaurs invading Forest Park!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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