And now. a word from my overactive imagination.

I can run three miles today

I can run three miles today

Watch me move and watch me play

Watch me move and watch me play

With my Dino leading me

With my Dino leading me

I can run and be set free

I can run and be set free

Left, right, left, right

When I started running last year, I would run until I had counted to 50 and then walk as I counted to 50 again. I would increase my running count in 50 increments. When I got to the point where I truly was running more than walking and lost track of how high I was counting, I just kept pushing myself without much in my mind except that I was half way there or two-thirds of the way there or that my legs were going to fall off.

Sunday morning when I started out, I wondered what better motivation I could find. I thought of the army guys all running in unison, at a tireless pace as they shouted out an echo to their leaders call. I thought, I can do that. Ok, but there was no shouting out loud, it was all in my head.

There’s another hill to climb

There’s another hill to climb

I must walk it just this time

I must walk it just this time

Great there’s chickens in that yard

Great there’s chickens in that yard

Dino please don’t be a ‘tard

Dino please don’t be a ‘tard

He didn’t see them, that is good

He didn’t see them, that is good

Farming in the neighborhood

Farming in the neighborhood

Going down the hill right now

Going down the hill right now

I must walk or have a cow

I must walk or have a cow

On these feet I’ll trip and fall

On these feet I’ll trip and fall

I have no phone, I cannot call

I have no phone, I cannot call

Ok, then when the end was in sight, two-tenths of a mile to go, I thought I would try the yelling thing. There are no houses on that stretch of road and no cars coming. But I felt like an idiot. And there may have been wildlife listening in .

My house is there just up around

My house is there just up around

I should say these words out loud

I should say these words out loud

That won’t work out, am I nuts?

That won’t work out, am I nuts?

Just get home you silly putz

Just get home you silly putz

Left, right, left, right

And because I don’t take my camera with me when I run (what? Do you think I’m really nuts?), I have no pictures today. I think the mental image I just gave you was more than enough.