this morning i rode upstairs in the elevator with a woman i’ve never seen before. she got off on the second floor, but she left some of her smell in the elevator. i know that sounds weird, but i had to mention it because she smelled fantastic. i wanted to stay in the elevator past the third floor (which is my floor, and besides, staying would have been impossible because our building is only three stories tall). it made me want to go buy some nice perfume, and wear it all the time.
last night i ran 4 miles, but before anyone pats me on the back, they should know that it was truly a struggle. i started out at the buzz-recommended (and sarah-approved) 10-minutes-per-mile pace and immediately my legs (specifically, my lower calf and Achilles tendon) started to ache. after a mile, i had to stop and give them a minute-long break. i started up again, but had to stop again after half a mile for another minute break. started again, did another half mile, needed another break. it wasn’t until this point, two miles in, that the pain started to subside. i was able to run a solid third mile back to gilruth, where i’d parked my car. total time not including stops: 30:34, so not quite on the goal pace. i was so annoyed with my legs though that when i got home, and they weren’t really hurting anymore, i ran another mile (two laps around my apartment complex) to finish with 4 total miles in 40:21. but not 4 continuous miles.
stupid legs.
we had the late 9:00 softball game last night. i was talking to james while i was driving over, and he must have sent me good vibes or something because i had a good night, with my first legitimate hit in ages (over the shortstop’s head) and two runs scored. woohoo.
carter posted something today from the meyers-briggs personality tests that i’ve seen so many times. a couple months ago i took a leadership class here at work where we took the personality type test again. the last time i’d taken it was freshman year of college, when i turned up as ISTJ. but this time, in that leadership class, i came out ESFJ. at first i thought changing by half the categories was weird, but after reading the description, it seems to be a reasonably accurate description of me. and even before the test, i knew i’d changed since i was 18. interesting.
anyway. i don’t have much planned for the weekend, other than three soccer games and a possible 5 mile race. it will be sort of weird, because we have the weekend, then work on monday, but then we have tuesday off for veteran’s day. if i didn’t need all the rest of my annual leave for christmas, i’d take monday off and skip town. go camping or to austin or something. hmm. i’m sure i’ll manage.