Well, it’s been a slow couple of days, running-wise. I ended up going to Baton Rouge on Saturday. I did manage to fix Dee’s treadmill, and went 1.5 miles on it. It’s so wobbly though on the thick carpet that I didn’t run much of it. The upside is, I did walk some “hills” which is a novelty for me.

Sunday was a non-running day – Kristina and I went to the Weakest Link auditions. We didn’t make it to the second round. It was more nerve-wracking than I thought it was going to be – we had to stand in front of 120 people and say our names, ages, occupation, and an interesting thing about ourselves. I couldn’t think of anything so I said “I read the encyclopedia when I was little” which got a tiny reaction, but obviously not enough for them. They did say that they’d be back in 6 months, so maybe we’ll have better luck then. At least we can practice next time.

Kristina went up to New York yesterday for an interview with a big fancy law firm, so I went running by myself. Not very far or for very long, but at least I got outside. I went for about 25 minutes, just around the neighborhood. I couldn’t get into it enough to run much, so I mostly walked. Better than nothing, I’m sure. There were some moving guys working in a van near my apartment. They said hello to me, and I said hello back, but then they started laughing at me. Not sure why, but it didn’t help my mood any. Hrmmph.

Chris isn’t sure now if he’ll be able to go to London with me. I hope he can. I really don’t want to be running for 5 hours or whatever by myself. I will go alone if I have to, though.

If it isn’t raining when I get home, I’m going to go to the park. Half of it’s closed right now, but Sarah said I should be able to run up and down the open half. That’ll be good. I miss the park.

Yesterday was just a short run. We had to fit it in between the Fresh Prince and Friends. So only half an hour. Since the park is still presumably closed (will have to check that out for sure later) we went a bit around the neighborhood. In all, we were only gone about 25 minutes (if that) and ran about 6 of it. I feel like I’m slipping out of the habit. Must get back into it.

It’s too bad we didn’t go further yesterday, the weather was nice. At one point, we felt a cool (!!) breeze! Well, not chilly or anything, but definitely not hot! Very exciting. But we didn’t have time, and my left shin has started to hurt again. By the time we got back to the apt, the pain was almost as bad as it was in the beginning! Perhaps I took too much time off. But I stretched for a long time and then iced it for a while, so it doesn’t feel so bad today.

I think what I really need to figure out now is how to lose weight. A lot of it. I’d like to go to a nutritionist, but I know I can’t afford that. I’d like to join a gym so I can get lots of cross-training in, but I definitely can’t afford that, either. What do I do? Do I just continue as I am and hope I lose 50 pounds in the next 6 months? Not likely. Even with the cooler weather, I’m just going to get injured if I run enough to lose that kind of weight. It’s a tough call…

BTW, Sportbrain is now officially out of business. Hrmmph.

Off to Baton Rouge this afternoon. Might see if I can fix Dee’s treadmill and run on that. Could be interesting.