Lions, Tigers, Bears, OH MY!

I started this blog post in my head about lets see.....subtracting, adding by 1....ok well anyways, we are talking like about 18hrs ago.  Yeah, I was up at 0340, out the door for my run at 0415 or so give or take a couple minutes.  Now I just have to muster the energy to do it all again before work tomorrow.

You're probably wondering why I'm thinking of blogging whilst I run.  Well for 1 thing, it is something to get my mind off little tweaks, groans, moans from my bod at that ungodly hour of the day, and just cuz.  I don't take my iPod out early in the a.m. or anytime when it is dark.  I have my pepper spray more for 4-legged animals than 2-legged animals clutched in my gloved digits. 

Don't know if I could spray it even if I had to due to the cold digit factor and the gloves on said digits.  I would definitely give it the old college try before being eaten alive though. 

Ok, now I remember what my point is...yeah, cool.  Anyhow, point being is that some peeps at work are astounded about my running so early and in the dark even.  Now if I lived in Alaska that would be different 6 mos out of the year, but I am not so blessed, so I get to take my early morning darkness, shadows, creatures and just deal. 

I love the guy at the office               

(yeah, that's what the ICU is to me, my office space) who ends up regurgitating a rape saga or near rape saga about some woman that was tailed during her early a.m. run.  Yeah, I get it.  Thank you very much.  Now shut up already!  I mean I know he means well, but c'mon already.  I DO realize the risks believe me.  I'm very alert when out running pretty much when everyone else is asleep.  It's not like I haven't done this before, specially when I was Tri training.  Not much other time to run with two other addictive behaviors that you have to get in your run, bike and swim, in a 24hr period. 

I've seen some pretty cool stuff recently on my very early runs.   Two shooting stars on one morning run.  Coyote here and there running through neighborhoods.   Plus I love to run by some homes and the dogs start going beserk...love it!   Mostly it is quiet and that is good too.

I know your intentions are well and good.  Believe me I do, but please try to stiffle the gruesome rape/murder stories, K?  For heaven's sake I've worked in trauma and I've worked ICU for almost a good decade more or less, and of course, home health was pretty traumatic in its own right.     

Plus, I"m a chick and I don't live under a frickin rock.  I do know the risks, but I guess my passion for my running and desire to compete trump those so-called risks that you keep telling me about.

Now the thing is, who is going to light a fire under my ass so I get up tomorrow and do this all over again?