onepinkfuzzy

So Donald's response to my last post was, "A man who "cranks up Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears"? And you have no other comments on this? That's totally funny."

So I e-mailed him back the whole story...

He was of middle eastern descent, dark-skinned, athletic, with long black curly hair tied loosely into a ponytail at his neck. A prominent nose stood out from his face, but his eyes were most arresting, deep-set jewels glistening in the early morning gym light. I lost myself in those dark eyes as he walked into the room. I stopped midstride, and the force of the elliptical trainer thrust me forward with an awkward jerk. I hit my nose on the display, but managed to stay upright. I hurriedly moved the pedals forward, as though nothing had happened, and my heart started fluttering as he mounted the machine next to me. His muscles rippled under his shirt in a most appealing way, and I admired his strong quads as he began pumping his legs forward. My favorite kind of eye candy to keep me company on this early stormy morning.

Then he turned on his iPod.

Donald's response? "THAT'S what I'm talking about!"

Thus, you get the whole story too.
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Ash stayed up all night last night, so I skipped my planned early morning run. I decided to hit up the gym tonight, and it's a good thing I did, after the nutritious food I ate today: a scone for breakfast, pizza for lunch and a death by chocolate cookie for a snack (note dripping sarcasm).

I walked out of the house to drive to the gym, and it was so beautiful, I decided to stop at the River Path to go for a run! I was in my strength training gear (i.e. all cotton) and "dead" shoes, with no handheld water bottle or pack to hold anything, but I just had to run. It felt great to let loose, and watch the clouds dance over the mountains. About a third of the way in I caught sight of a woman in front of me, and decided she'd be my rabbit. I chased her down for the middle third, and when I finally caught up to her and started to pass her, I looked over to say "hey" only to realized it was Lisa! She and Kiera and I are planning a run this weekend (hopefully we won't get lost), and we were both out for spur of the moment runs.

I finished up, knowing I had pushed my speed. That felt great. Then it was off to the gym for 30 minutes on the bike, 30 minutes strength training, 30 minutes stretching, and a few minutes in the hot tub and pool. Nice relaxing evening.

Got home and plugged in my numbers - lo and behold, my pace tonight was 10:26/mile! Woo hoo!!!