Who says running isn't fun!?

Happy Easter!

I confess... I used to be one of these people.  Running (especially without especially without Christmas music or Justin Beiber blasting through my ears) can be a real bore.  All you do is run.  For no purpose. Usually with no destination.  You run just to run.  My mindset changed a little when I joined the Trinity International Women's Soccer team and running/ fitness was a "privilege."  But since then, its pretty much gone back to... why on earth do people enjoy running?  This past sunday however, my opinion changed... again.

As I've mentioned before, every Sunday, the Xiao (ee-shouw... a major highway right next to my house) is blocked off to all vehicles so that people can go running, biking, walking, long boarding, roller blading, rip-sticking, or basically whatever else they want to do.  Note: this is a prime people watching location.  I was out just doin one of my favorite Fartlek runs because I was missing my soccer team and these workouts always bring me back to the good old days.  Little did I know the surprises that I was in for:

My pops

1. About 3 minutes into my run, I saw a man running up ahead of me who looked almost exactly like my dad.  He ran the same way, he was about the same height, he had the same almost-mullet-looking-ducktail that my mom won't cut off.  I almost turned to look at his face, but he was an older guy and I passed him so quick that I didn't have the time. LOLZ. #SoFast

2. Over the span of this 35 minute run, I swallowed 5 bugs.  At first this might seem disgusting, but just think... Adam and Eve probably ate bugs all the time.  #SoHealthy

3. I found $1!!!  This is 100% true.  I found an US currency, one dollar bill on the ground.  (I'm aware that this is supposed to go at the end of a bad story, but this is actually a true event!!!) I look at it as a symbol of how much Americans throw their money away on dumb stuff. #SoUSA

4.  I had stopped between my run and my cool-down to do the classic "Core Stability Workout."  (this was also a summer favorite done by the trip guides on picnic tables at night during trips).  I walked over to a patch of grass on the side of the road and did my thing.  When I was done, I went to stand up and heard "RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP."  I'm not sure how I didn't feel it, but I guess I had sat on a piece of barbed wire looking wire.  Yep, I had a nice 2 inch tear right on my butt and about another kilometer to go until I was home.  #SoBreezy

So that's why people stare at me when I run...

  5. When I got home, the sweat stain on my shirt was perfect...
#SoStinks 

Needless to say, I've run everyday since then... nothing exciting has happened. #CouchToMarathon ??..... no thank you. 

Just snappin pics at church.