What is WRONG today?

Hi All;

So today, it was a nice day out, I was stuck in my office, had just finished my work, looked outside and decided, since I was done my work, I would take the last hour and some off and go home. Now originally I planned to come home to take advantage of the nice day and rake the side yard of the house while the weather is nice.... but no, now I JOG, I pretend to be a JOGGER, and since I haven't jogged since Tuesday, which makes me a bad jogger, I came home and changed into my workout gear!

I hop on the treadmill thinking, I have already done 6k twice, I am like an old pro at this. This time I will try it on 5.2 speed (rather than the good old 5) just so I can finish it 2 minutes faster and get outside, that being my original goal! Well, after the first mile I was ready to die, and I do not know why - I mean, the extra .2 can not be having THIS much of an affect can it!? Anyhow, to my own surprise I finished the 6k (yeah stubborn me! Thanks for that trait Dad!) at a speed of 5.2 - a whole 2 minutes faster than I would have on 5.0 and I felt pretty accomplished and surprised, but more so, I just wanted to get off that dam machine..... but no, I walk another mile just to cool down and so I can finish watching the episode of Y & R that is on my workout room TV!

After Y&R is over and I have completed close to 8k, I get off and stretch and hop in the shower, because I dislike sweating (why did I choose jogging?)..... then I look at the clock and figure, I still have time to walk and meet Ty at work - add another 3k walk to my day! So now I am home and feeling like I walked way too much today! AND the side yard has not been touched, maybe I'll do that tomorrow and NOT jog!

BUT the most important part of this blog is that yesterday I was shopping with the girls from work and I bought a new pedometer..... well let me tell you, that baby is going back to the store! When my treadmill tells me I have run 3.7 miles (6k) and this little pea is telling me I have run .5 less - it is time to send it back! I don't care if it is right, I choose to believe the treadmill, why, because I couldn't run another .5 and I want to think that I can make the 6k - so I don't care which machine is lying to me, I am keeping the one that is telling me what I want to hear!

Now I am going to eat my Kraft Dinner, yum!

xo,
S