See Diva Run

Days like today are the reason I run

• and swear
• and drink
• and eat comfort food
• and have gray hair, wrinkles and a bad attitude
• and a treadmill in my office!

Did anyone see me boarding the Titanic? I swear I don’t remember getting on, but here I am surrounded by ice cubes!

We had our first frost of the season last night. It was sunny but cool today. I spent the day anticipating my post work run. At 4:00 I announced that I would be taking a break. I grabbed my iPod, and my pager, and my cell phone (pages must be called back within 20 minutes), my water bottle and my sun glasses. I made it to the edge of my yard, checked out the view and decided to go back for my camera. Before I made it to the door my cell phone was ringing. I decide to ignore it. By the time I grab my camera I’m getting the voice mail beep. I decide to call back after the run. I’m back out the door, camera in hand, anticipating a lap around the lake and anywhere else that seems like a good idea and adds up to 6 miles. I barely make it out of the driveway before the phone is ringing again. It’s someone with a problem and they can’t find anyone else who will answer the phone. Why? Because everyone else is smarter than me! Before I’ve had a chance to solve his problem, the pager goes off. My “run in the sun” is officially canceled. Later, when they’ve run out of ways to drive me crazy, I finally get 6 miles on the treadmill. I’ll try again in the morning.

I found this article on Yahoo about the “Walkstation”, which is a combination of office furniture and treadmill that allows employees to be on their feet and walking during the day instead of sitting. I’ve often fantasized of such an arrangement, but $4000 is a little more than I’m willing to invest, so I guess I’ll continue to sit all day, with brief “activity breaks”. I loved this quote:

“Over the last 150 years, we’ve become chair-imprisoned. We are behind a screen all day at work. We are in a car or bus getting to and from work. And in the evening, we are in a chair watching television or surfing the Internet,” Levine said. “We’ve gone from being on our legs all day to being on our bottoms all day.”

Link to article

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