Booty Music

The New York City Marathon was on Sunday and there was some discussion on whether the runners would be allowed to listen to their iPods during the run. Apparently, when information needs to be relayed to the runners, the runners may not get that info because they are jammin’ to some tunes. When I exercise alone, I NEED music. That’s the only thing that keeps me going sometimes. I have a playlist on my iPod that I call my Booty Music, which includes Beyonce, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Missy Elliot, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake...basically anything with a fast beat that I can run (or strut) to.

I missed Saturday’s training because I was in a wedding and I had wedding things to take care of. The plan was to wake up early and go running, but that just didn’t happen. I rarely sleep in late, but Saturday I slept until 8:30am (which is very late for me). I figured my body needed the sleep, so why fight it. And all of last week, I think I only got out once to exercise because I had things I needed to do, and after getting home around 8pm, I didn’t want to exercise, I just wanted to sleep...and eat candy.

Sunday I got back on the exercise wagon and tried to do a small jog, but my ankle was bothering me (could it have been the 3 inch heels I was wearing for 7 hours the night before?? Maybe.). So instead I walked to a small trail that’s near my house and did about 45 minutes worth of laps. Yesterday my ankle wasn’t bothering me as much, so I was able to do a jog/walk mix. I really worked hard because I was sweating, and I’m not a big sweater (as in a person that perspires, not something made of wool that you wear in the winter).

Now that the Trail of Lights 5k is within a realistic timeframe, I feel like I need to get back into the game and get serious again. It was easy to slack off when it was a few months away, but now it's just a few flips of the calendar pages. I need a mantra to get me through the next few weeks (since it's the shopping season for me). More jogging, less shopping. More jogging, less shopping. More shopping, less jogging. Jog while shopping. Just shop, screw jogging.

Guess that mantra thing doesn't always work.