Okay laugh all you want but play it on the treadmill and see how much faster you go. With the volume cranked up, while doing a bit of interval training, she did amazing things for my speed this afternoon:)
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I headed to the gym this morning the first time for a while – it was lovely and quiet at 7.30am and I managed to kill myself on the treadmill for 30mins. As much as I love running outdoors I can’t abide the treadmill but with impending rain here today I thought it was a safer bet. To keep me in the ‘zone’ I returned to my youth and cranked up the volume of some club classics including the The Collaboration “Do It Properly”. Danny Rampling is a bargain on iTunes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7yov-RRRk0
Knowing I was heading out for lunch with a friend I wanted to wear something comfortable and fun so I opted for my new Boden Mariner jumper, Hudson Collin jeans, Boden biker jacket from SS 2011, and my Tory Burch red Revas for a pop of color. It was fun drying my hair today – it must have taken only a minute – I love it!
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It was a good run this morning and a great feeling to burn off some of last night’s calories. What can be better on a Sunday morning than pounding the streets in glorious sunshine with blue skies? It wasn’t that warm at 10am this morning but gorgeous non the less. To help me on my way was another country foot tapper – Dwight Yoakam’s “Guitars, Cadillacs” – the beat is perfect for getting up the last hill on my 4mile loop. Don’t ask me how Dwight gets in those jeans though….
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Yesterday I was late to pick my daughter up from the pool and when I arrived she was with her instructor, in tears and panic stricken that Mommy had abandoned her, left the building and forgotten all about her. I felt like the worse Mom in the World. I think I managed to convince her that due to the fact I think of her every minute of the day I am unlikely to ever forget about her. However, given the emotional scars that I left her with yesterday I was extremely cognizant of the time today as I ran on the treadmill while she was swimming again. I tried to run a fair bit faster to get rid of some the cold germs and work off some calories before going out for dinner tonight. Hence my shuffle was skipped through until I found some faster tempo music. Today’s song is Gram Parsons “I Can’t Dance” – MM heard me playing it just now and said wow that is so Camden – so obviously we played it a lot back then in our heady partying days pre-parenthood. Due to the age of the song and the brevity of Gram’s life I couldn’t find footage of a live performance on You Tube but here’s the tune – enjoy:)
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Blimey it’s like a Spring day out there right now – I even ran in a vest – no sleeves required! A little glimmer of what’s in store for us over the coming months – I can’t wait!
The last tune today is one of my favorite records of ALL time. Not because it’s a lyrical masterpiece or anything like that, but because I bought it from a record shop on Camden Market and played it over, and over, and over again. It was my song to get ready to and the song we continued to party to when we got home after a night out. It still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up – I just LOVE it! Also it was a hit in 1998 – the year we got married.
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The rain finally cleared up enough for a run this afternoon. Another 4 miles in the legs, but the damp and cold make me feel older and bring out more niggly aches and pains – must stretch and get that foam roller out before my knees seize up again.
It was a fun tune that got me home today…
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The plan this morning was for MM and I to work out at the gym while we dropped the kids in their care facility – well little did we know there are no carers there on a Sunday so we had to turn right back around and head home.
My running has been sporadic since the New Year so I decided to get myself out pounding the pavement instead. Blogging about my running might make me more accountable but I don’t want it to get tedious for you guys either. So in an effort to make it more interesting I’m going to post my last ‘tune’ from each run that has inspired me to sprint the last few hundred yards…today I did 4 miles comfortably (had a lot of pent up energy from a week at home!) and I have the Scissor Sisters to thank for shaving a few seconds off my time.
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