I was up and out by 8:30 this morning, hitting the streets in all my running glory. Amanda from LLS sent me a couple dri fit shirts with the Team in Training logo so I looked quite official today. The most amazing thing is that one of the shirts fit!!!! I was so excited and I knew I would do fairly well today. 1.49 miles in 30 min. and most of my jogging spurts were 40 sec. instead of 30 sec. and this time it wasn't because I was being flaky. I'm also beginning to think that I do more then people with long legs. Two of my steps can equal one of theirs and I may be working twice as hard. Any thoughts? I've been using a pedometer, and I'm wondering how off the mileage accuracy might be. Tuesday, I'm going to try to figure out the GPS on my phone and use that too.
My knee is still uncomfortable and my hip likes to cramp up on me, but hey, if I could go through lethal doses of chemo, this should be a cake walk. This morning was a little warmer then it has been and I became thirsty. Because of the bone marrow transplant, I have some minor problems with dry mouth and eyes. I use my eye drops before I run and I wear sunglasses to protect my eyes. I'm going to have to start carrying a bottle of water to help with the heat. My cheeks stay nice and rosy for quite a while and a few people have been commented about how relaxed I'm looking.
The Sunday morning debris count was very interesting. Lots of red solo cups and if you're a country music fan that will amuse you, and many McDonald's bags. Very interesting. Tomorrow is clean up debris day with my husband. I'll carry the garbage bag, but I'm not touching anything. We have one of those grabby things, that I will promptly disinfect as soon as we return home. I hope my neighbors don't think I'm a nut job for cleaning up random items along the street and maybe even on their lawns. Then again, I'm used to people thinking I'm a little bizarre. It's the joy of being me!
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