Hubby didn't go to the track last night...so we took a short, 1 mile walk down to the video store (detour to the video store, actually...to make it a longer walk), got a couple videos and enjoyed an evening together. What a treat!



This morning, up and at 'em early. Down to the Causeway by 7am and off on a 5 mile walk. My new friend, Marion is over at Disney this weekend, so I didn't get to walk with her...darn. I started out with the same 2 ladies I started out with last weekend, at the faster pace that I can keep up with, but I have no desire to walk that fast. I walked that fast out to the store (half-way mark), but one lady picked it up too fast for either of us at first on the way back and left us about 10 feet behind her...the other lady rushed to catch up with her, I didn't...then they slowed to the same pace I was (the fast pace we were going on the way out), but they didn't let me catch up with them....not my fault, I was certainly trying! Eventually, about halfway back, I realized that I wasn't going to catch up to them; every time I started to, they'd pick it up just a hair...and I really didn't want to be walking that fast!! Here I was, walking faster than I wanted...and alone anyway. I slowed to the pace I wanted to walk...hoping I hadn't waited too long...that I wouldn't go into a flair this week because of my stubbornness. Then I realized how self-centered the one lady is...she never looked back. It was all about her. The other lady looked back and said something, but even when she did, the other lady never looked back! There's a lot of other stuff she's said that makes me realize she's rather self-centered, too...If she doesn't start listening to other people, she's not going to make it in this 3-day...she's going to burn herself out...maybe even injure herself. She doesn't realize what she's getting herself into...60 miles is huge. She's acting like it's nothing, and she doesn't need to stop and stretch or she won't need to eat anything beyond an energy bar. She's expecting to get up, go out and do the route all at once without stopping, like a marathon...all 3 days. She doesn't realize you can't treat this like a marathon...it's not a marathon x3...She tries to do that, she'll regret it.



What I have to do, is stay away from her, because she makes me upset. There are several other people that I like...I just met Carole today. She's cool, too. Next week, Saturday, we're going to walk out to the beach which is almost 5 miles and then eat and then walk back...The lady I was just talking about was trying to talk them into starting at the beach, walking out and back to the beach and THEN eating...because she didn't want to stop to eat in between...and let her muscles cool down. First...you're going to have to get used to eating on the route. That's where your lunch is. If you don't eat it on the route, you don't get lunch. Second...NOBODY has done more than 5 miles yet. If you try to go straight from 5 miles to 10 miles without a break in between, you'll kill yourself. You have a chance if you rest half way. We figured, she doesn't like it? She can turn around and go back while we stop and eat. She's not fitting in too well with us anyway. Except with the lady that seems to like her pace...which I haven't figured out yet, except maybe the challenge.



Anyway...It was a good 5 miles today. Gotta go get ready for church. Carole is a church goer, too...maybe that's why I connected so well with her. I found out AFTER I was thinking "I like this girl!"

Hmmmm, Maybe that's a good team theme. LOL. I have to write an email to a friend and break the news about switching teams...why do I feel like I'm a bad person for that? I don't know anyone else on that team, except that one friend and NO ONE has contacted me from that team...I get emails ALL THE TIME from these 2 other teams, about training and meetings and such. I'm going to go with one of them...I need to talk with Marion to see which team she's going to be on...I want to be on her team. I think I know which team...





-------

AHA! It's 5 1/2 miles out to the store and back!! It's only 8 1/2 out to the beach and back...gotta remember that. They say it's only 5 to the store and back, but it's 9 1/2 to the beach and back...they're a little off.