And now. a word from my overactive imagination.
I can run three miles todayI can run three miles todayWatch me move and watch me playWatch me move and watch me playWith my Dino leading me With my Dino leading me I can run and be set freeI can run and be set freeLeft, right, left, right
When I started running last year, I would run until I had counted to 50 and then walk as I counted to 50 again. I would increase my running count in 50 increments. When I got to the point where I truly was running more than walking and lost track of how high I was counting, I just kept pushing myself without much in my mind except that I was half way there or two-thirds of the way there or that my legs were going to fall off.
Sunday morning when I started out, I wondered what better motivation I could find. I thought of the army guys all running in unison, at a tireless pace as they shouted out an echo to their leaders call. I thought, I can do that. Ok, but there was no shouting out loud, it was all in my head.
There’s another hill to climb There’s another hill to climb I must walk it just this timeI must walk it just this timeGreat there’s chickens in that yardGreat there’s chickens in that yardDino please don’t be a ‘tardDino please don’t be a ‘tardHe didn’t see them, that is goodHe didn’t see them, that is goodFarming in the neighborhoodFarming in the neighborhoodGoing down the hill right nowGoing down the hill right nowI must walk or have a cowI must walk or have a cowOn these feet I’ll trip and fallOn these feet I’ll trip and fall I have no phone, I cannot callI have no phone, I cannot call
Ok, then when the end was in sight, two-tenths of a mile to go, I thought I would try the yelling thing. There are no houses on that stretch of road and no cars coming. But I felt like an idiot. And there may have been wildlife listening in .
My house is there just up around My house is there just up aroundI should say these words out loudI should say these words out loudThat won’t work out, am I nuts?That won’t work out, am I nuts?Just get home you silly putzJust get home you silly putzLeft, right, left, right
And because I don’t take my camera with me when I run (what? Do you think I’m really nuts?), I have no pictures today. I think the mental image I just gave you was more than enough.
When I started running last year, I would run until I had counted to 50 and then walk as I counted to 50 again. I would increase my running count in 50 increments. When I got to the point where I truly was running more than walking and lost track of how high I was counting, I just kept pushing myself without much in my mind except that I was half way there or two-thirds of the way there or that my legs were going to fall off.
Sunday morning when I started out, I wondered what better motivation I could find. I thought of the army guys all running in unison, at a tireless pace as they shouted out an echo to their leaders call. I thought, I can do that. Ok, but there was no shouting out loud, it was all in my head.
There’s another hill to climb There’s another hill to climb I must walk it just this timeI must walk it just this timeGreat there’s chickens in that yardGreat there’s chickens in that yardDino please don’t be a ‘tardDino please don’t be a ‘tardHe didn’t see them, that is goodHe didn’t see them, that is goodFarming in the neighborhoodFarming in the neighborhoodGoing down the hill right nowGoing down the hill right nowI must walk or have a cowI must walk or have a cowOn these feet I’ll trip and fallOn these feet I’ll trip and fall I have no phone, I cannot callI have no phone, I cannot call
Ok, then when the end was in sight, two-tenths of a mile to go, I thought I would try the yelling thing. There are no houses on that stretch of road and no cars coming. But I felt like an idiot. And there may have been wildlife listening in .
My house is there just up around My house is there just up aroundI should say these words out loudI should say these words out loudThat won’t work out, am I nuts?That won’t work out, am I nuts?Just get home you silly putzJust get home you silly putzLeft, right, left, right
And because I don’t take my camera with me when I run (what? Do you think I’m really nuts?), I have no pictures today. I think the mental image I just gave you was more than enough.
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