The weather's getting nice enough to actually go outside and do stuff now. So today I decided to take my dog for a run around the block. I don't really go for that kind of jogging that's slower than walking, so it's basically just walking while bouncing up and down a little more. When I run, I actually RUN. When I jog, it's halfway between walking speed and running speed.
Akela, of course, loved the run, which is good, because I didn't even make it a quarter of the way around the block before I had to partly rely on her pulling me along. We didn't make it all the way around the block before I had to turn back. I hate that. I know I could run several times as far as I do except that whenever I run, the back of my throat starts burning, my saliva gets really thick--too thick to swallow well--and I have so much mucus in my throat that I can hardly breathe (not that I'm out of breath like I used to be when I was younger, but like I can't breathe because the airway's obstructed).
I googled my problem, which is apparently pretty normal and only goes away over time. Something to do with your throat not liking cold air (but it's above freezing today!). Silly. That's silly. I want to work my muscles, which are antsy from being stuck inside all winter, but I can't because my throat's a sissy. Silly sissy throat.
I miss playing tennis and basketball. It was easier to exercise then. I get bored when I'm just running for the sake of stretching muscles. It's easier when there's something like a ball to focus on.
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Oh, come on, now. You mean to tell me that University of Alaska Fairbanks doesn't have a student recreation center with an indoor track or basketball court thingy for students to jog indoors? I'll bet if you look it up, you'll find something called a "Student Recreation Center", or "student recreation building", or "Student Wellness Center", or "Student exercise center" or something like that. I've never heard of any decent-sized university in the 21st century that didn't have one.
And someone somewhere told me that U-of-A Fairbanks is supposed to have something called a "North campus" which has -- get this -- DOG running trails all through it. Is this an urban legend?
I thought your dogs name was Stormy?
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