faster than jets....

so i'm the newest nature girl ever!!!!

Opal and I spent a good chunk of saturday with Martha and Chris at the state park... being all naturey(is that a word?)and today i went for a jog through the air-park with chris... It was to say the very least an experience... Over the past few years i've done the gym thing off and on... sometimes quite addictively and other times b/c i feel like i have to... but... in all those times... i always did the eliptical runner, stationary bike, and weight trained with free-weights mostly... rarely using the weight machines... the treadmil was always my last resort... i would only used it if all the elipticals were taken and all the bikes... and all the stair steppers... i really don't enjoy the treadmil... for running or walking... at any rate... over the last 5 years... i've really been able to avoid "running" for the sake of "running"... not that i haven't worked out at all... i mean on thursday i went a few miles on the eliptical and when i'm really into it... its not a big deal to go 6 or 7 miles at a time... but to just run... outdoors no less... it's been a while... plus its my joints just plain weren't ready for it... its alot higher impact than the eliptical even when you're really tearing it up... (oh my god does she ever shutup?) so yeah chris was like when was the last time you ran... and i had to really think... and the last time i ran for any substantial distance or length of time... was like in 98 when i was playing softball... can you believe that shit? so anyhow... i had to try and figure out how to pace myself...and what kind of stride to use... i bet i looked retarded... but in the end... i did it... i bitched alot but i did it... it wasn't terrible... but i don't thinking that running is going to replace the Elipitical machine as my favorite cardio activity... but it was nice to have some scenery to look at rather than the chick in front of me's butt while i ran... and no annoying 80's rock ballads insisting that i'm a champion in the background....
so here's to a smaller ass in 2006. :)
kisses and running shoes dolls :)