I Guess I'm Not Paralyzed After All

Okay, I did it. I dragged myself to the gym after I had exhausted all other (sedentary) options: paid bills, sent emails, made phone calls, and looked at pictures of bears and birds and bridges (oh my!) from my surprise hiking excursion yesterday. After I could stand to watch Teen Mom no more, I put on my Asics (and packed my Vibrams) and headed to the gym.

I was pleasantly surprised that the gym wasn't very crowded, despite it being a Monday night. There was one freak bounding on a treadmill nearby, but blissfully he finished shortly after I arrived and I didn't have to deal with any idiocy aside from my own.

I started off in the DS Trainers and immediately regretted leaving my couch. My calves were still so tight despite an afternoon spent with The Stick. But I pushed through and by mile 2 my legs were starting to loosen up. I ran 4 in the Asics in 34:04, then switched to the Vibrams for one last mile. I felt my calves start to tighten up after I switched, and at one point my left arch got tight, but it seems to work itself out. Left pinky toe was much less disagreeable than my Saturday VFF run. I was expecting to find some hot spots or blisters when I finished because I felt some rubbing in the spots where the sleeve of the shoe meets the top of the foot, but had no irritation anywhere.

When I got home I was ravenous. Unfortunately, we don't have a wide selection of cereal bowls, so I had to be resourceful:

I love Cheerios.