above is an image of exactly where i'd like to be right now.i hate humidity. it makes even taking out the trash or walking into target an unpleasant experience. so just imagine running. even at 7am, sweat is dripping down my forehead and into my eyes after about five minutes, and i'm pretty sure by the end of my run it's already 90 degrees in the shade. when i get in the pool to teach morning swim lessons the water feels like a bath. i wake up this morning to my clock radio, with the dj saying that the 'excessive heat advisory' that was suppposed to last through today has been extended until saturday. nothing makes you wanna get up and run less than that.
if you've ever done something pretty much every day of your life and then you are suddenly forced to stop (in my case, this is a reference to sports injuries), it just sucks. and when you start getting back into it again, it's less appealing than you might expect. for me, i enjoy running, and i couldn't wait until my foot healed enough for me to do it again. but seems to drag on forever if st louis suddenly decides to act like the amazon the moment you're ready to run again.
finding decent headphones to wear while working out should not be a difficult task. it's deceptively frustrating. and money-wasting. so, if by chance you are ever on a bus and somebody steps on the headphones that came with your iPod, don't even think about settling for some colorful $15 earbuds from target. i can promise you now that you will be dissapointed. and you can't trust those expensive ones that are supposedly 'workout-proof.' chances are, they won't fit your ears, or they'll fall out when you start sweating, lose sound in one ear after 2 weeks, or get that annoying patchy sound that resembles a cd skipping. today i got excited when i found a pair that seemed to fit my ears well. i was all ready to enjoy my run with a good soundtrack to distract me from the humidity. but those earbuds ended up being chucked into the woods when they got that patchy sound. my delimma remains unresolved.
today a friend told me about her trip to germany. not only is the drinking age 16 there, but everyone walks everywhere and no one has to spend all their money on gas, people eat a lot and are thin because they bike or walk rather than drive, cops have better things to do than wait around for somebody to exceed the speed limit by 5 mph, and humidity is basically nonexistent. i think every day i get a little less fond of st louis. now i'm really hoping a trip to europe is somewhere soon in my future.
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