Ok....let's try this again...(sing along this time since you now know the words)
Hello DISland....
(DIS land is your land...DIS land is my land....DIS land was made for you and me.... )
Monday I did an easy 30 minutes on the LifeCycle. I really wasn't feeling up to an intense workout, but I knew I needed to get something in the books. As soon as you start skipping workouts....it's just not a good thing. But I did feel pretty good afterwards, so that was a good thing. Sometimes good things cancel out bad things...you know, kind of like when you watch a crappy television show (bad thing) but you have fun watching it with the person you are watching it with (good thing)...kind of makes the show not so bad anymore.
Anyway...
Last night I pulled a freshly mapped run out of the bag o' tricks and boy did it help! Running the same route over and over and over kind of trained my body to know what to expect both mentally and physically, switching things up made me focus back on the running aspect of things...making sure I was maintaining a good pace, knocking out the 4/1's, etc. The only slight oversight that I made was the fact that there were NO flat portions on the run
Good gravy, them there hills are a might steep in my hood. I remember Amy telling me last year to make the hills my friend, carry a good convo with them...so I tried that again, but the hills didn't talk back too much...actually, they didn't say a word....it was kind of like talking to a wall, only the wall was a little diagonal and made me breathe really hard.
Anyway...
I ended up doing 4.2 miles in 37:46, which is an 8:59 pace
Needless to say, I was very pleased with the run...it was exactly what I needed to bring me out of my "funk". As a matter of fact, I'll add "change running route" to my "How to get self out of funk" spreadsheet. That reminds me...
...gotta make that spreadsheet...I think I'll add that to my "things to make sure I don't forget to do" spreadsheet...which is on my to do list for today.
Anyway...
Arrrrrrgghhh....what crap be this?
Anyone watching Pirate Master? I've tried to not fall asleep during both episodes. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but the show is not good....maybe it's the premise? the boring surviv..er, contest...er, pirates? the lame-o host? the remedial challenges? Where is the swashbuckling? Where are the parrots and wenches? What IS swashbuckling? Where is the mutiny? Where is the person walking the plank and being left out to sea? What IS a pirate master? I saw all three PotC movies and never once heard mention of a Pirate Master...I mean, if you win the show, can you start adding that to your resume? When you find yourself at a party and that hot young girl walks up to you and says "what do you?" Do you tell her "I am a Pirate Master" (good luck with that, unless she is familiar with the show and then equates the phrase with someone who now has a lot of money but that probably won't happen and you'll be driving back home alone yet again wondering exactly what it was that you did wrong, questioning your social status significance and end up drinking an entire bottle of wine all by yourself...but hey, maybe it was good wine...(see above good/bad cancellation policy)) These are all things that cross my mind when watching people jab pirate cards on a big sword. Why do they do that?
Anyway....
Thanks for listening to me ramble...and no, I haven't completely lost my mind...I mean, I know where it is so how could I lose it?
Have a good day and a good weekend everyone...make like a good chardonnay!!
(stay cool and dry....chardonnay...get it? wait...are chardonnays supposed to be cool and dry? Hmmm....off to go google...)
It's all good people...no uproar caused. 
) I don't get out often enough anymore, but it was nice to spend a great morning/afternoon on the links. And who knew, but the trusty ol' calorie counter said that 5 hours of golfing with a cart burns somewhere around 1500 calories!! Geesh...maybe I need to get out there more? (although a bike would be cheaper).
Sorry....but that was the shortest post from you ever!!!! Is work busy or something?? 
. Seriously...you have a right to complain and feel unsatisfied just like any of us...despite the fact that you are speedy quick LOL! It's not really about the time...it's about how you FEEL when you run. And if you aren't looking forward to the runs...then you really do need to evaluate why. I think switching up the old running route is a great idea! I also think that you should look at switching up your XT a bit too....throw something new at yourself and see if that spices up the workout routine. 
I hope you cheer up soon and find something that gives you a bit of excitement and fun!!! 
It's effecting us here in my house too. So sad, really. 
I honestly don't even know where to begin. But I will add that Chardonnay IS supposed to be cool and dry! Let's see.....well, I really can't address all the insanity in your post. But I am an expert in one area...so let me first attend to your question...
. I will be back later to post more.
No flat portions?? I just don't know about that one. 
<-------------- Not gonna' like him much after the races lol.
I'm glad you got a good one in even after all that exercise on Saturday. 
