Spring weather has finally decided to grace us with its presence! This is a time to be cherished, flowers are blooming, leaves are coming out, all before allergy season smacks us in the face. Fellow allergy sufferers know that dreaded time of year well.
Due to the glorious temperatures and sunshine today, I thought what better than to go for a good ole fashioned run in the great outdoors, instead of running inside the gym while watching Opera (I can do that any day). Nothing better than hitting the trail and enjoying the serene views of nature. I definitely realized today that because of the volume level in the gym from the televisions, background music, and yelling from personal trainers, I have been listening to my ipod at ear-shattering decibels. Upon turning my ipod up to my customary volume level, I quickly realized that I was providing musical entertainment for the entire park...so I took it down several notches...I have no doubt done permanent damage to my hearing.
Any who, I began my journey around the lake and under-calculated the strain that running all the way around and back to my vehicle would put on my body. As they say, training is key and although I do consider myself to be a runner, when you are suddenly completing nearly triple your normal routine - there can be severe consequences. During exercise, with music and comical passersby entertaining you, it can be easy to overlook the pain you are beginning to feel and the blister that is growing to the size of a golf ball. About half way through my route, I looked across the lake and saw the tiny spec that was my parking lot...I had a long road left to go. Every runner knows there is nothing better than the sight of your car as you approach the end of your gruelling journey. Straggling along the remainder of the trail I just barely made it into the front seat without collapsing from exhaustion.
Upon my arrival home, even though my travel time had been below 30 minutes, my muscles had had enough time to succumb to extreme fatigue. Getting out of the car and up the stairs from the garage was quite a challenge. I felt much like Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother - for those with good taste in television) when he ran an entire marathon without training and then got trapped on the subway because he could no longer move his legs when he finished. To say the least, keeping my legs elevated the entire evening has been essential. Heavens knows that tomorrow I will be hobbling from appointment to appointment...I may have to borrow one of our clients electric scooters... we shall see.
Traffic problems abound in this city. But there are always those truely bizarre traffic obstacles that really do not make sense. While my muscles were giving out during my post-run drive home, I discovered that the reason traffic was backed up for 5 miles, was that someone had left a new Mercedes in the left lane of a major street...There was no one in the car or in sight nearby and the car was on with lights flashing...extreme circumstances can occur, but I knew it would be only a matter of time before someone would make off with this 100k car with the keys left so carelessly in the ignition. There are plenty of questionable vans and infamous dodge neons that litter the sides of the highway with "Tow Warnings" plastered to the side window, but its not everyday you come across a Mercedes in prime condition left on the street nonetheless.
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