A little angry running and randomness

I feel like my work out life is kinda boring right now which is why I have not written in this blog for over a week.  Every day the same boring thing... 5am alarm goes off, I unhappily roll my ass out of bed, start my car (automatic start is a beautiful thing) get ready and out the door by 5:15 am.   Mon - Thur it is the same drill over and over again and I am getting board.    Spring oh how I long for you, I want to wake up in the morning and say hhhmmm I think I will run the trail or perhaps today I will run the neighborhood.  I hate knowing that I am limited to the treadmill at the gym or the track at the gym.  I am not desperate enough to run outside in the cold and snow just yet though.

Speaking of the gym...  Sat. I took Owen for his swimming lessons.  The class is only 45min. long but I went up to the track to run while he took his class.  On a normal Sat. I would hit the gym right when they open at 7am and make Sat. my long run day.  (some of you are probably thinking anything under 5 miles should not be considered a long run but in my book... anything above 3 miles is a long run lol)  With Owen doing swim lessons the "long" runs are not going to be cut short for a little while.   Oh well.   So this past Sat. was the first time I had ever run on the track when the gym had not just opened.  It had already been open for 2.5 hrs at that point and IT WAS A ZOO!    At 5:30am on the weekdays it is just me, two ladies who walk together and the cute guy with nice arms... back... ass... (WHAT?!?!... I might be on my 12th year of marriage but I am not dead, give a girl a break.  Besides he runs faster then me so I have no choice but to look at his assets lap after lap after lap)  hhhmmm where was I?  Oh yeah so other then about three other people I have the whole track to myself every morning.  Sat. mornings there are a few more people but still nothing like what I experienced this past Sat. 

I think an etiquette class needs to be held when it comes to track running.  I almost leveled a guy when he decided to cross the track without looking to see if any runners/walkers were coming.  Then there are the people who decide to walk together who take up both the fast and the slow lane, annoying but not as irritating as the person who decides to walk in the fast lane.  Sorry to burst your bubble but it does not matter how fast you are walking people, you are still not as fast as the runners!   Running the track should be viewed like driving, keep in the right lane and pass in the left lane when necessary.  Why is this such a hard concept for some people?  The thing is it was not just one or two people doing this... there were several.   The the lady who stopped in the fast lane to tie her shoe takes the cake though.  OMG if your shoe lace comes undone that is ok, just move over and off the track, tie it and get back on.  Don't just stop right in front of people who are running, where is the common sense?  I think she learned her lesson when the guy who was running at a pretty good clip came right up on her.   Although a "crash" was avoided he did end up knocking her over.  Ok so this is not showing good sportsmanship but I will be honest I did chuckled to myself and thought serves her right for not using her head.   The only way I can describe Saturdays run is by calling it an angry run.  lol  I was so annoyed with everyone around me.  I need this weather to break so I can take a long run outside with little chance of running into someone. 

On a happy note I got a special package in the mail the other day!!!   Blogger Heather http://www.runfastermommy.com/   was running  a contest to win a necklace from http://www.sportygirljewelry.com/  Would you believe I won?!?!!?   Oh my gosh I was so happy!  It came wrapped so nice ~would make an excellent gift!  I got the one that says eat, pray run, repeat!   Thank you Heather and Sporty girl Jewelry, I love love love my new necklace!