Day 16 & 17 - Bitten

Mondays as a general rule are not a running day; they're for some yoga or stretching along those lines, and for rehearsal.

This Monday was no exception, except that since I knew the rehearsal would be a very physical thing (you'd be surprised, honestly), we got to that early, extended it past normal limits (it was highly, highly rewardingly productive - we've got the bones of a new song all sketched out!) and trust me when I say that even after it was time to stop, I was still jonesing for more.

Music's got me, that's for sure, but there are some days where I've got it much badder than others and yesterday was one of them. Playing, jumping, hopping and bopping definitely got my cardio going in a good way.

Tuesday's a running day - and so run I did.

Now, it's absolutely beautiful out, warm, sunny, bright, no humidity.

I set off to do my usual path.

Breakfast: tera chips and hummus, cran-pomegranate juice

Lunch: to be determined

Dinner: see above :-)

The one thing about the sun and the spring and the people playing and the dogs cavorting in the park is that it also seems to be a lovely time for bugs, as in the occasional cloud of gnats.

Now that I've swallowed a few, does that count as protein?

And...I finished my course in 14 minutes! That's 6 minutes faster than usual, and very unexpected, so I had to quickly course-correct (pun may be intended) and find another 6 minutes of path to use.

I'm feeling good for the rest of the day. I got some solid writing done, got a very good run in, and now I've got two things to think about: the rest of the lyrics for that song, and what my new running path is going to be :-)