I recently read advice about realizing there will NEVER be a time in my life where there is no stress, and I need to stop making stress an excuse for not exercising or eating healthy.

Yes.  I need to do that.

This is how it went after I posted.

I went downstairs and picked up the phone to call my cell phone so I could find it. 

I had 10 voicemails.  I listened to them (more procrastinating).  Then I called my phone and found it.

I got in my car to drive to the trailhead. 

I said, “Nope.  I’m not doing this.  I’ll do Tae Bo or something,” and I got out of the car. 

I opened the car door again and put my purse back in and grabbed the headphones, and decided to just run a 5k along Mesa Road.

I set up my iPod and started the workout as I walked down the driveway.   I picked my old “Run Maida Run” playlist with lots of mostly angry mosh type hard rock music and cranked up the volume.

I took my first run up the brand new sidewalk on 19th (across the street) to Mesa Road.  And just started going.  Slowly at first.

After the 1st mile, I decided that I would actually go farther than 5k (3 mi) – more like 4 miles.  I mean, that would only require me to run an extra half mile before turning around.

I started shouting out loud along with my angry mosh songs.  Until I saw other people on the trail.   Because there are a lot of obscenities in my angry mosh songs.

In the end, I ran 7.4 k (4.6 mi) – and now I notice that I am a mere 1.64 mi away from logging 1000 mi with Nike+ iPod.  Not too shabby.