I loved the vivid colors and story of this innocent girl, Dorothy, and her cute pup, Toto and their adventure back to Kansas. Well, I loved everything minus the scary flying monkeys.
Actually, I loved it so much that every time it aired on TV I had to tape it. Once in a frantic state, I grabbed the first tape [a Beta at the time] I could find and popped it in without looking. To my sister's fright, it was her tape of U2 playing at Live Aid. I knew I was in trouble when I heard her shreek when "With or Without You" skipped to "We're off to see the Wizard." How I lived down that incident, I don't know. I kick myself today because, over the years, I have become a big U2 fan.
At any rate, my favorite character was the Tin Man and his compassion [without a heart] to a stranger he just met.
I felt like my dear friend, the Tin man, on Saturday just as he comes out of his catatonic state. Unfortunately, there was no one there to pump oil in my joints. I was able to get through the run with minimal stops. However, after stopping for water, starting back up seemed to be a problem--to the point that I wanted to forgo the water stop at mile 10.5. I stopped and when I started back up again, I felt every joint and muscle between my butt, hamstrings, knee, shins and ankles. If there's a WD-40 for the body, let me know.
In comparison to last week's grueling 12-miler, Saturday's 14-miler was a breeze. What a difference 10 degrees, shade, and a different course can make! Instead of the sun-baked, cement Lakeshore path, we ran with the North team in Shaumburg at the Forrest Park Preserve.
The path was beautiful, water stops every 2 miles, lined by trees, and even the elk came out to cheer us on. Yes, elk. I'd love to run there every weekend. It was well worth getting up a half hour earlier to drive to the meeting spot.
I completed the 14-miler in the same amount of time that it took me to complete the 12-miler the weekend before. Again, what a difference 10 degrees and shade can make. I held a fairly consistent pace with my fastest mile being a 9:10 pace [whatever, that's fast for me].
This week, KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" provided a much needed burst of energy for the last 1/2 mile where I sped up to a 9:14 pace. Not bad after last weeks why-am-I-doing this, confidence busting, no good run.
So, I'm still recovering today. Going down the stairs proves to be a bit more difficult than going up and I feel like I'm walking like I just rode a horse for hours.
3 comments:
I still watch WoZ every time it comes on TV. It just makes me feel like a kid again.
Doesn’t it work wonders to have a great run? I feel like the Tin-Man after some of my long runs, the joints just don’t work as well.
I hope you feel better soon. Try some Epson salt in a warm water. It works wonders.
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