Friday, November 03, 2006

Exceeding the Weight Limit



My pants have decided that I have exceeded the "extra baggage" allowance, so I decided I had to do something about it. While my brain said, "running is the best option" every bone and muscle screamed, "NO!". And usually the bone and muscle tantrum works, but not today. Now while most of you know I hate running, there is something I hate more. And that is running in the cold. I refuse to do it. So when I woke up this morning and checked the weather I was less than thrilled that it was a whopping 45 degrees. Yes, you read that number correctly . . . 45!!! I decided to fight back. I was going running and I was going to do it in warmth. So here is what I did. I dressed like it was snowing outside and set out. Remember every other French person running in the park today still had on their summer running shorts. I got a couple of stares, but I didn't care, because I was nice and cozy. Thanks Dad, for the hat. And mom and Chris, for the gloves and scarf. They came in handy!!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

haha!!!! i wish i could have seen that! i'm proud of you for
a. going running
b. running when it's cold
c. running with tons of layers when it wasn't super cold

you know what happened though? i'm not used to the cold here now, so i'm wearing a scarf and coat when others are just in long sleeves....yeah...sometimes...it's just worth it to get stares for warmth

rl said...

Yeah but I bet you are cute in your scarf. . . your so french. hey did I tell you I saw Victor on the way to the park???

Anonymous said...

haha, remember that one time we ran on a Monday morning?... lol. i think we both were stubborn and just kept running. :) Good times, eh? ~Ashley Marq