I’d *LIKE* To Tell You…

… my run on the ATLANTIC CITY BOARDWALK was a huge success.

I completely take responsibility because I’d WALKED [double the runkeeper total mileage] and BIKED So much THE DAY BEFORE that my body was exhausted.

I was miserable for NEARLY EVERY STEP OF TWO MILES that I was able to run.

I hadn’t run much since CHICAGO HAD BEEN IN REHEARSAL & THEN TWO WEEKS OF PRODUCTION.  But I’d like to think that my miserableness had more to do with the fact that the weather was horrid at 6:30am when I headed out the door of my hotel room.

I couldn’t tell you what the temp was, doesn’t matter – what did matter was the 112% humidity that was absolutely stifling.  The air was so heavy and cloud cover so thick the sun wasn’t able to breach the clouds.

There was also a strong head-wind and as I was running, noticed that they were changing the beach signs because there was a strong RIP CURRENT and they was no swimming allowed.

But – that aside, I enjoyed being out there with the other runners.  I was slow – oh so very slow.  I realized 3 tens of a mile into the run that I’d forgotten to eat my banana and when I’d taken my blood sugar, it was very low.

YEAH.  I had a LOT of factors that were immediately working against me.

But you know what?  Doesn’t matter.  I said I was going to do it and I did.

My favorite part of the run was coffee and a bagel afterwards.  I had a table right on the boardwalk, the sun had come out and I noticed a fellow at a table close to me wearing a throw-back CLEMENTE jersey.

Let’s just say, the day got better from there…