This Morning I Scared The $%*@ Out Of Buttin

We're going to Chicago this weekend with our dear friends Liz & Jonathan. I'm really looking forward to the Cubs game, Beluga Whales, Pizza and celebrating Jonathan's birthday. I also can't wait to walk five steps without producing five gallons of sweat. The temperature range in Chicago right now is 60 - 85 as opposed to the 80 - 105 it is here in Texas. It sounds delightful!

I'm actually hoping to get a run in while in Chicago, but I don't think I'll be able to do my typical long run that I usually do on Saturdays. For this reason, I decided to do my long run today - a little over 12 miles on a VERY hilly road.

This is our usual Wednesday morning schedule:

	Me	Buttin
Wake Up	5:00	6:00
Work Out	5:30 - 7:30	6:30 - 8:00
Shower & Get Ready	7:30 - 8:00	8:00 - 8:30
At Work	8:15	8:45

I haven't been feeling so great this week - so when I woke up this morning with a headache, I wasn't honestly expecting to be able to run 12 miles.

I like to do this thing when I run called "exploring". If you read yesterday's post - you know that exploring hasn't always been my best idea, but when running I typically stay on a road. Well today I went exploring on this very hilly road - Spicewood Springs - I didn't really get lost, but it did take quite a while because the road was VERY narrow (and I had to move over for cars, Buttin doesn't want to hear that part) and very hilly. I had to put the brakes on for some very steep downhills and of course going uphill, I moved very slowly - and sometimes even walked.

Well, I thought I would get home around 8:00 (the same time as Buttin), but I didn't get home until 8:40. When I walked through the door, Buttin walked out of the office looking white as a sheet (a clean one - not one that Cartman has peed on). Apparently, he had been trying to hack into my Garmin account to see if he could locate my whereabouts (fyi - my Garmin doesn't do that). I do not think I have ever seen him this upset (at least not about anything concerning me). I think he was about 5 minutes away from calling hospitals and I'm not exaggerating.

Look, I watch Law & Order - I know all the things that can happen in the dark over the course of three hours. Even though most of the time on L&O the jogger isn't the dead body, they find the dead body. In retrospect I probably should have told Buttin that there was a chance I would be doing a long run this morning. I'm in a somewhat delicate condition and I know that he worries about me all the more because of it.

I am now going to print out all the maps of the route that I frequently run (and try not to go exploring), so that if Buttin needs to drive around and find me - he'll have an idea about where I am.

The run itself - was really good. I could have gone longer (but certainly, that would have been a mistake). I think there may have been less humidity because I didn't sweat nearly as much as usual and even thought I was on a very hill road. I enjoyed the run because it was new to me and I was very interested in all the new sites. I even saw horses!

So, in summary - I scared the &*^@ out of Buttin this morning and saw horses, but I promise to never do it again (the scaring Buttin part that is).