Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Days 8-12: Weather is not your friend. Or is it?

Day 8: Making the Snowpocalypse Work For YOU!

Are you like me? Do you look outside your window, see piles of uncleared snow, and think to yourself, "Self? Let's stay inside today. We can't possibly get anything done in that weather"? Are you also out of clean socks? Do I have a Helpful Tip for you!

Here's what you do. Pick a store nearby that sells socks. Put on your boots, step outside, and start running to that store! Making your way through a couple of blocks of snow halfway up your shins will be exhilarating, and will teach you the real value of keeping your knees up, i.e., not tripping and falling on your face. Buy your socks and run back home. For style points, kick some of the delightfully powdery snow onto an already buried car with childish glee.

Finally, use those socks to propel you to the airport to make your flight to Florida so you no longer have to deal with the stupid snow.

Day 9: Florida rains. Running is a bust. Stupid rain.

Day 10: Run a mile outside. By run, I mean walk while wheezing for breath, because you are not used to the hot, dry air, and water fountains are only a fever dream. Become discouraged.

To cheer yourself up, take a picture with your fuzzy duckie slippers. If you do not own fuzzy duckie slippers, buy some. You will not regret it.

Day 11: Fly back to New York. Strangely, take off heavy jacket once there, because the Florida morning was colder than the NY afternoon. Sleep.

Day 12: Walk for 10 minutes on the treadmill, with Mr. Arc Trainer before and after. Your shins thank you. And isn't that really what this is all about?

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