Good Run Today

I want to say that it was a great run but I would be lying.  It’s been a rainy weekend with a little too much cheating on deserts and I paid for it this morning.  My iphone tells me I completed 4.97kms in 33 minutes.  That’s how done I was that I couldn’t even complete the 5kms I had planned for.  But let me tell you, that nasty hill on my route which I run twice by the way just kills me!  Nevertheless, it is a gorgeous day to be out for a run with my stroller and the more I think of it, the more I realize maybe it wasn’t just a good run.  It really was great!  Especially the fact that it put my kid out which is why I’m able to write about it now.  

I’m in a great neighbourhood for a morning jog and am sure to get a few hellos on my way.  A couple people watch me sweat as I push my stroller and with a smile say “that’s a good workout”.  As I smile back and nod all I can think of is: Just a good work out? Do you know how much I contemplated getting off my but this morning to do this? Have you any idea what it’s like pushing this damn Cadillac of a stroller I have up this ridiculous hill (twice!) and still feel like I’m nowhere near my running performance I’d like to be?  Great work!  Keep it up! You can do it!  That’s what I want to hear.  A little motivation goes a long way.  So next time you see me congratulating a runner or cyclist who is pushing their way up any obstacle, perhaps complementing them a little over the top won’t be too much for them to handle. ;-)