Keep running

Today I woke up to intermittent periods of snow (sometimes huge flakes, other times little baby flakes) and sleet. I had zero desire to run.

Then the sun came out! By Seattle standards, that means you could sort of see the sun through the clouds.

Since we’re supposed to get a big snowstorm tonight, I figured I’d take advantage of the temporary clearing and get my run on.

It was a good one!

I finally took a picture of this mural I love on the Burke-Gilman trail. It was painted by a fifth-grade class and shows all kinds of animals cycling around Seattle. Very cute and quirky.

I was also blessed with some elbow-pit sweat for my efforts. That’s new to me.

I was supposed to do this run on Monday, but I had my cardiac ultrasound yesterday morning and it freaked me out wayyyyy more than I expected. I thought it would be cool to see my heart on the screen, but I couldn’t stop thinking, “What if there’s something really wrong with my heart? What if it can’t be fixed? What if they find something else, like a mass or something??”

The ultrasound technician said she wasn’t really allowed to tell me anything since a cardiologist is the one who officially reviews the pictures of my heart, but she did say I shouldn’t worry too much. Well, ok. I just couldn’t bring myself to run after that, though.

Especially since what they’re checking for is an inherited condition that is “a major cause of death in young athletes who seem completely healthy but die during heavy exercise.”

So, that’s nice.

I hope I’ll find out the results this week. Until then, I guess I’ll just… keep running.