Day 8: Frozen Muscles & JDitty

Wow, three days of running in a row!  That's gotta be a record for us.  AND we're still alive!  Another miracle!  You'd think we'd be getting the hang of this running thing now that we've almost finished our second week of training...yes, you'd think... Athena, however, aptly pointed out to me this morning that her muscles were stiff.  Again.  And as a faithful running buddy, I had to agree.  Instead of blaming the tightness on our rebellious bodies, we've once again turned to the weather.  We've simply decided that our muscles freeze the minute we step out of our warm cars, and they just never get the chance to warm up, thanks to the single digit windchill.  


Ok, enough ranting for today.


On the bright side, we also learned today that a story goes a long way for a non-runner...it can go a mile, in fact!  Ben decided to run with us today, instead of being miles ahead of us, so we made him tell us stories. : )  His first joke lasted about one lap around the track, so Athena thought that maybe the Christmas story would last a little longer.  Despite my protests, he decided to tell it in the NSV- New Street Version.  What followed was a story I vaguely remember hearing before... It was about an angel, Gabe, who told JDitty to take MPop to Bethlehem where she would have a kid, JC, who would be called Emmanuel, "God wit us, yo."  haha  We decided that he pretty much butchered the story, but hey, that's what he does for a living.  And besides, it got us through the final three laps of our run, so thanks, Ben.  I doubt I could have made it without you, although at the time I wasn't sure I would make it with you!  (My lungs aren't developed enough to run AND laugh at the same time)  I wish we could Rent-A-Ben to tell us stories every morning we run.  I bet he'd get through the whole Bible in 26.2 miles...


Posted by Kendra