--After my 5 minute warm-up—
ME: She said to start running now…pick up those feet.
BODY: Ugh. Fine.
--1 minute later—
BODY: Can we be done now? I can’t breathe. And I’m running
slower than I walk. Couldn’t I get more exercise by going faster?
ME: No. Keep going.
--1 minute later--
BODY: How about now? I still can’t breathe. Perhaps today is
just not going to work out…
ME: Shut up. No more complaining. Just go.
BODY: *grumble, grumble* Can’t do it.
ME: Move.
BODY: Can’t do it. Don’t wanna.
ME: Shush.
--5 minutes later—
BODY: So…we’re gonna keep doing this thing?
ME: Yup.
BODY: *grumble* Fine. I guess I’ll try to be more efficient…
ME: That’s much better. Breathing really helps.
BODY: Are we done yet?
ME: Nope.
BODY: What about now?
ME: Nope.
--Let Us Love by NEEDTOBREATHE comes on—
ME: Ooooh, let’s pick up the pace now that we’re breathing
and all…
BODY: What? I start breathing and now you want to go faster?
ME: It’s NEEDTOBREATHE! You always want to dance to this
song!
BODY: Yeah, but…
ME: No buts, let’ go.
BODY: *totally doesn’t realize we’re going faster because it’s
jamming*
--1 minute later—
BODY: This is fun, but now we’ve reached the hill again. I’m
going to need to slow down.
ME: Nope. Keep going. The song’s still on, remember?
BODY: *gets distracted and jams again…up the hill!*
--Near the top of the hill the song ends—
BODY: Are we done now? Can I stop? *slows a bit*
ME: No. Keep moving!
BODY: But the song is over. I’m tired.
ME: *skips this song* Here, this one’s fast.
BODY: I like this song…it’s fine.
ME: Good. We’re downhill now.
BODY: Good thing. That’s the only reason I’m still moving…
--1 minute later, lady announces we have one minute left—
ME: Let’s sprint the last minute, go!
BODY: What? I don’t think…
ME: *skips song* Here! Happy Day! RUN!
BODY: I love this song! *increases to a full out run* I can
do anything for a minute…
--1 minute later—
ME: Keep going. Let’s make it to the end of the block.
BODY: What?!?!? She said I was done!
ME: I know, but we can make it just two more short blocks!
It’s only another minute or so!
BODY: But…
ME: No stopping now… Happy Day, remember?
BODY: *jams to Happy Day while finding it increasingly
difficult to breathe* Can we be done yet?
ME: We’re not to the corner.
BODY: We’re to this corner. It’s far enough.
ME: Nope, that corner.
BODY: Please? Can’t breathe. Can’t breathe. Can’t breathe.
Can’t breathe…
ME: Just 20 more steps…
BODY: Can’t breathe.
ME: 10 more…
BODY: Can’t breathe.
ME: 5 more…
BODY: Can’t breathe
ME: Okay, 10 more…
BODY: What? You said-
ME: Yeah, well, I’m a really bad estimator.
BODY: UGH!
ME: Okay, probably 5 more for real…
BODY: *reaches the corner and instead of collapsing Tim
Hughes is saying “What a glorious, glorious day! I’ll never be the same!” and
it can’t help but smile.*
--One minute later—
I’m singing Light Up the Sky with the Afters remembering how
God was with me as he brought the dawn this morning while I was running. It’s
amazing how fast my breath comes back to sing…
1 Corinthians 9:27a “No,
I beat my body and make it my slave…”
Lesson learned: Perhaps I should just listen to Let Us Love
by NEEDTOBREATHE and Happy Day by Tim Hughes over and over again???
What do you think? Am I crazy, or does everyone else do this??? :)
You are crazy! But in a totally fun way. Happy Recovery and Writing Today!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisa! I kinda figured I was crazy...I talk to myself all the time (and, psst, I've never liked running - I wonder if it has something to do with my body taking 8 minutes to figure out how to get oxygen moving?). I got another 1K written this morning...I hope to get a little more tonight and start making up my pathetic deficit... Thanks for the well-wishes! :)
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