I ran my longest run tonight.....7.2 miles. I'm no marathon runner at this point in life, just a maintenance runner, longing for a longer life.
But this is the funny part.
As I was running my normal route, I felt a misquito on my leg. Like any normal human I stopped to swat it off, only to see it replaced by five or six more blood sucking bugs. Then I remembered that those school grounds have a serious skeeter problem, so I did the logical thing, started running. Fast.
Not fast enough. I glanced behind me and there had to be at least 30 'squitos hard on my tail. They wanted blood. So I ran faster. I ran faster for a good quarter mile, knowing that if I stopped I couldn't swat them all off me and wondering how far squitos can fly before they get tired.
At least a quarter of a mile. Are you kidding me? Because yes, I did run 7 miles but I can only run at light speed for about a quarter of a mile. I was pooped. At last I stopped ready to swat. By then there were only a few misquitos left.
It was pretty awful. And pretty funny.
7 comments:
You go girl! Psssh, those skeeters are no match for "Manda!"
lol!
Love you!
Way to go! Are you logging these anywhere because you aren't on Running Ahead and I like to keep my eye on you. ;-)
Oooh, you're awesome, Amanda! I couldn't run 7 miles ever, no way, no how!
They are ruthless!
Great job on the running.
I think the fastest I ever recall running was when I was chasing Marky Mark down at a county fair. After that, he bungie jumped and flipped off the whole crowd.
What a great roll model.
Yeah... not one of my most memoriable moments.
Fantastic running!! Keep it up!
Thats one way to go about it! Great job!! 7 miles is haaaard! Wanna run the Dirty Half with me next year?? It's a blast and no more difficult than 7 miles...I promise.
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