Yesterday, while fitting one of my runners for new sneaks at the store, I overheard another customer say, "I slept like a baby last night and had an awesome run this morning." I thought about being a jackass and asking if she woke up screaming for her pacifier at 2am and peeing through her mattress at 4am, but I refrained. I mean, I knew what she meant, but this phrase totally needs an extreme makeover. Perhaps it should be: "I slept like a koala bear last night and had an awesome run this morning." Koalas apparently sleep soundly for up to 22 HOURS A DAY. I want to be a koala bear.
Yep, when you don't get a lot of sleep, you start doing stupid and/or insignificant things. One of these things is googling and resenting animals that actually DO get a lot of sleep. Good times.
Mm k, so even though I'm a tad sleep deprived, I'm no longer run deprived. YAY! I'll be honest, writing this post feels a little deja vu-ish. I'm afraid to write too excitedly and positively because just a few months ago, my post-partum return to running was short-lived. However, now that my false hernia has left the building, I've been hitting the pavement again for about three weeks, and I tell ya...I'm happier than a pig in shit!
Okay, so I just googled if pigs are actually happy wallowing in their own shit. Turns out that no, no they are not. So seriously, who comes up with these phrases!? Pigs apparently sleep for up to 14 hours a day though. Bitches.
Anywho, I don't care that it's 95 degrees out, and I don't care that I'm tired. Being able to run again has brought me back to life. I'm more energetic, attentive, outgoing, and I probably won't bite your head off or start crying for no reason anymore. It almost cancels out the sleep deprivation (almost), and I don't even go to Starbucks anymore. Okay, that is a lie; I would never give up on Starbucks...I ain't a quitter.
I'm working my way back gradually and am up to a 7-mile run again. I can cruise along pretty comfortably at about 7:45/8:00 pace, so I'll take that, especially given the heat and my inability to figure out how to become a koala bear. I still have some ab discomfort, along with what is possibly carpal tunnel syndrome, but I'm undergoing active release technique therapy with my sports chiropractor (Elite Performance Chiropractic) and hope to have both of their arses kicked soon. My first priority is making sure I'm healthy; if all goes well, racing in Philadelphia this November will be chocolate icing on the cake. Yes, chocolate. Not vanilla. Vanilla icing sucks.
Happy comeback running, take two!
Koala'n after a tough 5-mile run today
Koala'n after a tough 5-mile run today
