Ahhh that 3 mile run. So how'd it go?
Woke up this morning remembering the run.
Immediately hit the snooze button.
Got up 10 mins later. Tried not to think about it too much. Feeling sufficiently fueled and hydrated, crawled outta bed and shuffled to the gym.
Did HIIT walk...forget coffee...that'll wake you up!
Followed it up w/2 mins of rope jumping...♥ rate nice and high...time to run.
Deep breath, set speed @ 4.0, right leg...left leg...right leg...left leg.
5 mins later...
"How much longer?" whines the brain.
"Brain look! It's Kirk Cameron!"
"How much long-...Kirk Cameron!?...Duhhhhh" ::drool::
W/the Brain sufficiently distracted for the rest of Full House, Legs have found their stride.
First episode of Full House ends.
Brains wakes up from post Kirk Cameron high.
"How much longer?!"
Fingers toggle the console away from ♥ rate reading to time/miles, "1.4 miles down, 1.6 to go."
"Hows about we take us a teeny break? Get a sip of water shall we? Wipe our brow?"
No!
"You shouldn't have gone 4.0 it'll take us FOREVER to finish. Let's bump it up to 4.5."
No!
Brain tries to calculate how long it'll take.
"An hour! It'll take us an hour to finish."
[Quick aside, actually it's 45 mins. @ 4.0 I do a mile in 15 mins, but being math challenged, my brain thought I had 3 more segments of 15 mins to complete in addition to first 15 mins.]
Hand grabs the remote and switches channel.
"MTV! Brain look, videos!"
[small voice]I pretended the videos were the music on my much desired iPod and that my fingers using the remote to go between VH1 & MTV was the shuffle feature. 
[/end small voice] (I'm an only child people. I told you I can entertain myself for hours on end.)
Brain, pretending it's wearing an iPod keeps the head looking straight ahead and just focuses on the music.
"That new black Eye peas song is aiiight. Oh joy, time for the 2nd Full House."
"How much longer!?!?"
30 mins.
"Gahhhh!!!"
"Brain look! It's Full House! Pay attn to Full House and their cheesy corniness."
Check the mileage 1.8, *whew* more than ½ way done. Okay, I can do this.
Legs are now enjoying a nice pace.
♥ rate holds steady @ 158.
Full House is ending. 15 mins to go. Cripes.
Back to the fake iPod (MTV/VH1).
"Ah...I like that song by Crossfade, Cold. Sounds like a cross between Nickelback's Hero and something from Linkin Park."
Eyes, not looking @ the TV, stare str8 ahead. The iPod I desire doesn't have videos. When using the fake one, I must focus solely on the songs.
Songs over.
7 mins.
"GAHHHHHH!!!"
Back to MTV.
"Ahh...Alicia Keys Karma is on. I can run to that beat."
Brain gets a bright idea. 
"How about we bump the mph up to 4.5 for the last 5 mins and possibly cut the time in ½?"
"Ya think?" asks Fingers.
"Yea yea yea", Brain says.
Legs ignoring the whole upper body debate, keeps on going.
"Well okay," says the Fingers and bumps up the mph.
♥ rate shoots up from the 150's into the 160's
"I dunno brain", Eyes pipe in, "this don't look too good."
"Eyes, we'll be finished that much quicker...trust me."
Legs scream out, "I don't like this idea AT ALL you guys."
Arms go back to pumping, "My name is Bennett and I'm not in it."
Chest huffs and puffs.
Entering the last 5 mins.
The last .10th of a mile.
Flip back to VH1.
Karma. Again!
So not cute hearing it back to back...feels like some vicious episode from Groundhogs Day.
2.95 miles
"Come onnnnn."
Legs pumping fast and furiously, "I hate you all. I want to stab each of you!"
2.96
"A little longer."
2.98
"Don't quit."
2.99
"Almost there."
3.00
Done!
Time?
44:30.
A total savings of 30 secs?
So. Not. Worth. It.
I should have freaking stuck w/4.0.
Which makes a great problem for any mathematics or physics majors to chew on:
Girl goes 3 miles in 40 mins @ 4.5 mph.
Girl goes 3 miles in 44:30 mins by going @ 4.0 for 40 mins and 4.5 for 5 mins.
Why did she save only 30 seconds?
Extra credit: @ precisely what minute does she realize she should have paid more attn to math in high school which would have caused her to completely ignore that "bright idea" by the brain?
Comments: 4
04.20.05 | eve commented: Girl, you are AMAZING! Right on!!!
And yeah, the Karma song back to back... that's kinda freaky, isn't it... like when you play the BEP's "Lets Get it Started" and things really get started.... SPOOKY... 
04.20.05 | marta commented: You are cracking me up over here! Hey, here's some math for you...I signed up for you to get that iPod, so subtract one from your total needed! 
04.21.05 | Renee commented: Thanks Yall!!
I'm tellin ya Cat I was in pain 
Eve, in the last 10 mins I started picturing you (prom hair and all...tee hee) cheering me on. I kept asking myself what would Eve do? And I kept on running. 
MARTA!!!!!!!!!!
MARTA
THANK YOU girlie!! I'll do that kind of math in a heart beat!
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lol ok i know its not nice to laugh at others when they are hurting but that was really funny
also? KICK ASS!! you did it 