It's one of those phrases that should be in every runners vocabulary...
or at least every female runners....
At the very least it should be a staple in mine...
Along side the cycling "do these shorts make my ass look padded"....
Or the "do these compression sleeves make my calves look sleek"...
or my most recent fav "these socks make my feet look fat"...
It's that one phrase that I have often turned to in moment's of Lisaness (Yes that's a word).
Those utterly ridiculous moments where I find myself flat on my ass... for no good reason at all....
Today was just one of those day's....
My promise to myself upon my return from the far north was to get out more...
Meet people,
Make friends...
Train with people...
In my last week prior to returning home I made a line up of items to do daily with people in order to hold me to this promise....
Today was stairs day.... dun dun daaahhhnnn...
Probably the day I least looked forward too (unless you consider Thursday which I have nothing scheduled and is looking a little lonely)...
I mean who run's stairs...
for Fun?!?!
Connie and Debbie... that's who!!!
I was really looking forward to seeing both Connie and Debbie, so I knew I would make this date...
I set my alarm with mild enthusiasm and embraced sleep....
Only to turn my morning alarm off, and return to bed.... (YES this is the SECOND day in a row I have done this!)
When I finally resurfaced I treated myself to my newest running skirt... a frilly white number... with a tiny tank... I actually thought I looked cute... I laced up my favorite minimus racing flats (foreshadowing here!!).... and hit the road...
It's been a long time since I've done the Glenora stairs... so long I forgot just how much I enjoyed running the single track next to the stairs over actually doing the stairs.... It didn't take me long to switch the stairs for the trail... and it was then I first noticed my mistake of the day.... racing flats on trail.... It was a little slick going up... but nothing a hard core, trail chickie couldn't handle... I mean seriously... there were hot guys running those stairs...I am single.... I WAS going to make this look awesome!!
Up and down I went a few times... alternating the little paths.... the dirt ones.. the grassy ones... oh wait... there is a new-ish looking one....
I started down this new path... with soft dewy grass cushioning my every foot fall....
And that is when it happened....
I made the connection.. the two paths merging.. the groove to get to the second path... in my mind it was the size of the grand canyon... covered with soft... fresh... dew covered grass....
And my foot went out from under me.... BAM...
Flat on my right glut.... I felt the pain in my neck and knew instantly... Dr. Dan is going laugh at me....(after telling me I was "special" he actually did have a good chuckle...)
Quickly I jumped up.... brushing the dirt from my bottom... making sure the hot guys didn't notice....
And told myself...
If your not falling your not training (another Lisa motto).....
Suck it up princess... let's RUN!
Several hours, 1/2 a bottle of Advil.. a glass or 2 of wine... a sprained neck.... and and ice pack later I have come to understand....
My little white running skirt could never make my ass look fat....
It's adorable....
And I will continue to enjoy every dang fall....
But from here on in I'll take one of my married man friends advice....
I will lay on that trail and wait... I will wait until those hot men running those stairs come to rub my grass stained ass and kiss my boo boo's better....
I guess it's true.... if you can't really laugh at your self in all your ridiculousness.... then you are never going to understand that life is funny....
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