So I have a dream.
My dream is to have a great ass.
The men I’ve been involved with always have appreciated my ass, but face it, it’s on the ample side.
I am 31 years old. I want to have my great ass by the time I’m 35.
I have come to the not-so-brilliant conclusion that the great-ass project requires exercise. Ugh. I am so not athletic. I always have hated to exercise, mainly because I’m not any good at it. As a child, I was tall for my age and gawky. I also started wearing glasses at the age of eight, so my hand-eye coordination always was lacking. Add that to a general disinterest in team sports and a few traumatizing experiences in gym class over the years — including a student-teacher in my 9th-grade class who was determined to make a volleyball player out of me. Ha! — and I have stayed far, far away from sports.
So my ambitious goal is to walk a half-marathon on Oct. 21. Of this year. The course only is “supported” through at 16 min/mile pace, which means I have to shave 2 minutes off of my per-mile pace AND increase my mileage from 3 miles to 13 in five months. I’m not gonna beat myself up if I’m not ready for that race.
But I will kick my own ass if I’m not ready for the Mini Marathon next May. I paid freakin’ $45 today to register for the race — registration always fills up, even with 35,000 slots. I know I can be ready in a year.
I am torn between my natural propensity towards laziness and my desire to be smokin’ hot. I took a small step today, and went to a real running-shoe store, where an adorable young man — oh, 25 tops — fitted me for shoes. The ones I liked in the size he thought I should have weren’t in stock so he called another store for them — oh, darn, I’ll have to go back to the store tomorrow to get them. He said when I come back, he’ll try some other shoes too. A-d-o-r-a-b-l-e. He reminded me of a boy I had a crush on in 7th grade; I’m sure I was blushing. Sigh. I can’t help from flirting, even when I don’t mean it or don’t have a chance. It’s fun.
Anyway, make plans to come to Indy next May. We’ll walk the race and have a fab-tastic time! ; )
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I’m walking in a local Relay for Life event this Friday night. You could look into doing something like that as well - good marathon practice, great exercise, and its a good cause. This’ll be my first year to do this walk, but I’ve heard that its fun and a great way to meet new people.
Comment by Country Girl - May 8, 2006 10:45 pm