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Running Trump Card

A couple of days ago, I mentioned that Kristie and I were feeling pretty good during a run, so we decided to extend the run from 5 KM to 7 KM with the idea of reducing another run later in the week if required; a trump card if you will. Well, due to a bout of insomnia last night, we ended up playing that trump card today.

We went to bed fairly early last night; just a little after 9:00 P.M. but even though I felt pretty sleepy, I just couldn't fall asleep. They say that when you can't sleep, you should just bite the bullet and get out of bed and do something productive, but despite not being able to sleep, I was still feeling very lazy! I kept thinking: "Maybe you should do this...maybe you should do that..." Nope, I didn't want to DO anything but go to sleep! So, I laid in bed for about two hours, tossing and turning and then finally got up and did some web searching for things I wanted to address at work today. After I completed those tasks I tried to go back to sleep, but this time, I just took my pillow and blanket into the living room so as not to disturb Kristie.

This time while trying to fall asleep, I kept getting those brain bugs stuck in my head. You know where you just can't get a certain phrase or song out of your head? I kept cycling through three different songs:

Scatterlings of Africa by Juluka
All That She Wants by Ace of Base
and We'll Meet Again sung by Johnny Cash

After a couple of hours trying to banish those thoughts out of one's head, you just sort of give up after a while and succumb to the madness. I'd be laying there tapping my toes and bed dancing to the imaginary music.

I think I finally lost consciousness around an hour or so before I had to get up for the run. As mentioned earlier, due to the lack of sleep, I decided to play the short run trump card and make my life a wee bit easier. Luckily tomorrow is an off day for running, so even if I can't sleep tonight, I don't have to worry about getting up super early for a run.