get in shape girl

i am not sure it is a big secret for those that know me well that 1- i really enjoy running and tend to do lots of it, and 2- that i have severely let myself go since january.  it was a very busy bassoon winter, and running seemed to have been pushed almost entirely out of the picture.  and all my clothes shrunk.  don't you hate it when that happens???  damn clothes.

it's exciting to now only have bassoon to worry about and not bassoon, part-time job, and school, AND i have no excuses to not run.  that is except for the heat.

OH.MY.GAWD.

my first week here i saw a total of zero people running here in culiacan.  zero.  i was of course only out during the hours of 10am-4pm, i suppose.  and i should probably add that i wasn't running either.  then when i moved into my house and have this:

as the view from my bedroom window.  that's our backyard, and in the background is a running track, that has trees and stuff!!  and to the right of it is a botanic gardens!  it really is such a beautiful area.  

my first run was at 7pm the day i moved in.  there were lots of people out, and the numbers dwindled as dusk rolled in, and i finished just in time for darkness.  all i could think was, ohgod it's hot.  so the next morning i went for a run at 7am.  not as hot, but super duper sunny.  but, the morning weather is still much better for running than the night.  and there's tons of people out in the morning!  most are dressed like it's 50 degrees outside, or colder - in long sleeve shirts with their hands covered, and sweat pants.  and i'm dying in my running shorts, and tank top.  i mean, it is ONLY 80 degrees out with full on sun at that hour.  i must be nuts to be in shorts!!!  

i must be nuts to be out running.

my goal this week was to run 5 miles one day.  i made it to 4 on a "cloudy" morning.  perhaps 5 will come tomorrow?  it's just so.stupid.hot.  and all i want is water.  i need one of those hand held running water bottles.  or a portable air conditioner.  holy hot.  

i figure at least i'm out there, doing something i enjoy and feeling better about myself once it's all over with.  we'll see how i feel about this in a few weeks, apparently the heat hasn't hit bad yet.  

oh no.