Run 1

Okay, not really much of a run. More like three miles of mildly accelerated stroll.

But I had my running gear on, new shoes and all. And I ran for 30 seconds of every two minutes. Which ended up giving me an overall speed of about 4 miles an hour, but who's counting?

The weather was lovely, the foot twinges minor. I plan to maintain this very gentle pace for at least the next week.

On the downside: in a fit of virtue, I arrived home and decided that while I was still warmed up, I should do some stretching. I put my workout tape in the VCR and did some stretching (I'm so stiff it's pathetic). Then, when I went to eject the tape ~ NO!

It wouldn't eject. Little VCR motor made sad, sad noises. Then silence.

Unplugging, shaking, prying, cursing ~ nothing seems to make a difference. My VCR is DOA. Now, mind you, I've had the thing since 1991, and it wasn't even very expensive back then, so I can't complain. And since I acquired a cheap DVD player recently, I suppose all is not lost. I just have to find a stretching DVD that I like.

Oh well. Hard to be too upset.
I got to RUN! And the weather was nice.