Tuesday was my first day back to running in three weeks.
The Stats
I scrunched two miles into 30 minutes, and almost didn't have enough daylight to finish. I ran at a park close to work and passed a woman and her dog three times. She smiled at me every time. I listened to "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne, "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas, "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell, "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day. Total jogging time: 15 minutes. Total walking time: 15 minutes.
The Head Game
Here's the thing about running: if I waited until I felt like doing it, I'd never run again. Three weeks in non-exercise time is a long time. It's painfully long like lunch period was for that nerdy girl in high school who read fan fiction while she ate at a table alone. (Shut up. No that wasn't me. I don't read fan fiction.)
My goal was to run 20 minutes, but I knew as soon as I started that my pace was too hard. Still, I couldn't slow down, so all I could do was shave some time off. Every time my foot hit the pavement, I felt my already aching brain slam into the backside of my forehead. It was something like this:
I gotta feeling . . . Woohoo
That tonight's gonna be a good THUD!
That tonight's gonna be a good THUD!
That tonight's gonna be a good, good THUD!
The Public Service Announcement
Don't run with a headache, because when it's over you'll be wondering, Is this what a concussion feels like?
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Happily divorced, I'm publishing this blog somewhat anonymously from somewhere in Indiana. I started training to run a 5k in late July 2009. My life is kind of funny, so is my blog.
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There must be something going on with the weather. I had a horrible headache yesterday, too. Mine actually got better while running, then slammed into me about two minutes into the cool down. I thought I was going to have to hold on to a tree until someone came and drove me home. Oh, and I've had a mild concussion. It didn't feel like anything. I just couldn't remember anything and irritatingly asked the same questions over and over. I've never had a hangover, but I'm guessing it felt like that.
{{{{ hugs }}}} OUCH!!!!!
You rock for trying...
be well...
Running with a headache does not sound like the sharpest tool in the shed type of thing to do :o)