Saturday, February 11, 2012

I'm a Naughty Girl And I Must Be Spanked


I have an admission to make. It's actually a confession and I'm a little ashamed. I ran today.

Let's start at the beginning. It was a gorgeous morning when I woke up. We'd had a storm last night and the morning felt fresh and coolish (for summer) and I'd woken up without an alarm just before six am. When I walked into the lounge room, Bubbles looked at me with such longing and expectation that I was powerless to resist. (Actually I walked in and said 'walk' and she did that cute little ears-pricked-head-tilt thing)

My morning heart rate was a very respectable 48 which meant that I wasn't suffering any ill-effects from yesterday's walk so I knew we could push the pace as much as yesterday. My first inkling of temptation came when we hit the first decline. Bubbles was really moving and walking made it hard to keep with her so I just trotted a few steps till we got to the flat part. And in that moment of casual carelessness an evil little plan was born. One of my alter-egos decided that it would be all right to run down any of the declines we came to - which amounted to one section in each of the kilometres except for the middle section. And so to give myself a running break in that k I allowed myself to trot a flat section. And I (hanging my head low with shame telling you this) did have to drag Bubbles faster than she wanted to go BUT dragging her means that her toenails get worn down and I don't have to clip them and she hates me clipping them so I did it in her best interest. (See, I can justify anything) And I didn't ever run more than 200metres.

My average heart rate for the walk was 130 which was less than last Sunday's walk (where all I did was walk). Both were pretty hilly routes but you get that in my suburb of Taringa, which in indigenous dialect means place of hills.

When I got home I felt okay enough to spend 40 minutes in the garden digging up some ground for our new and exciting landscaping. Actually, landscaping is probably too fancy a term for what we're doing. We're just going to put in a couple of plants near my fancy-arse washing line path and we're going to try to get rid of the weeds.

The digging was probably more than I should have attempted. And God punished me by letting my spade hit a root which made my hand get a great big bruise. I've had an afternoon nap and I'm feeling pretty normal. Hopefully there'll be no ramifications tomorrow.

And talking of cupcakes (yeah, I know that no one was talking about cupcakes. But I was thinking about them and couldn't come up with a decent segue) I decided that I wouldn't let my failure of last weekend beat me. I was going to tame that recipe and it was not going to sink this time. I changed things around a little in the recipe and added more flour  because last time it seemed like a really wet mix. Well I'm happy to report that it didn't sink quite so far this time. And I'm happier to report that the little concavity will be easy to fill with frosting once I decide what flavour I want to make. And I'm happiest to report that Iven came up with a creative, intelligent and appropriate name for my less-than-perfect sugary treat. He's called it The Sunken Treasure. Sometimes he surprises me.


Only four more days till I see the doctor. I'm really hoping  that he'll let me continue to add running breaks to my walks so I can feel less guilty.

17 comments:

  1. Love it when husbands unexpectedly surprise us! Great cupcake name!

    Maybe your body is simply ready to run again...I'm glad it felt good! Keeping my fingers crossed you get the ok from your doc...

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  2. Digging is hard work - I spent over 2 hours digging up ice and snow in our car park on Thursday morning, and later my arms shoulders and even hand ached! Good luck with the Doctor, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that you can get back out there soon.

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  3. I hope you'll get good news from your doctor.
    Glad your new recipe went well :) and it didn't sink.
    Have a beautiful week!

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  4. Hopping Doc also gives you a good report. Running is so much a part of our lives.

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  5. Sounds like great progress! Hope the appointment goes well!

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  6. Man, I hope your doctor's appt. goes well!

    And with that post title you may get a few odd hits!

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  7. keeping fingers crossed for some good news from your doc!!

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  8. You know we all get it. I'm glad you were no worse for the wear afterward. Keeping my fingers crossed the doc will be kind and generous with your running recommendations!

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  9. I would've yelled so loud when my spade hit that root. $^#$%! lol

    and yay bubbles. I think a little dragging is ok. When I first started running with Rex he would go out too fast and wouldn't let me pace....so I'd end my runs early. Finally I decided to keep running and after that long exhausting run he finally realized "oh, I guess I'd better let Ali pace me"

    hope your dr's appt goes ok!

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  10. Well, I hope you went to confession for that mighty sin you just performed!! ;) Happy to hear your HR wasn't too high and it appears that the body did well. Finger's crossed that the doc gives you the thumb's up to continue!!

    Flour? All it takes is some flour to make things not fall? Hum.... I will never figure it out. Last night I tried to make Valentine shaped cookies (hahah, try that one) and they sprawled out across the entire pan. I'm thinking it was butter's fault but maybe it was flour. Maybe I should just give up and pay you to overnight ship to me!! (haha...can you imagine the cost? Yikes!)

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  11. I was wondering when this post would come. I suspect and hope you did no harm.
    Sunken treasure: love it!

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  12. Fingers crossed that your body is ready to run again. And I got a kick out of your dog poop habits post. ;o)

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  13. Did you run? Don't feel yourself guilty, running is the best cure for our mind (and the body).

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