Day 1: Rock the Dish

Yesterday: Day 1

I was sad yesterday and decided to run the dish.  It was brutal.  So I decided to do it every day until the end of July.

I remember trying to get out of walking the dish with my family on Christmas Day as a child because my nose was buried in the new books I had and I didn't want to come out of my little reading world.

Walking the dish is a Stanford University/Palo Alto thing.  I'm sure it can be googled to be understood property.  Or I'll find a good link sometime.

About 2:00 I drove over by my aunt and uncle's house where I park and walk to the trailhead.

Did I mention the BRUTALITY?

I have plans for this blog.  I want to make a spreadsheet of my daily experience Rocking the Dish.  It will include how I rocked it.  I'm not going to run the whole time every time- or ever again perhaps.  Haha.

I might walk.  I plan to dance a lot because dancing just keeps me moving almost without effort.  I want to keep track of time it takes to complete the loop- from the trailhead marker back to the same marker.

I want to keep track of my equipment.  Of my play lists.  Of food or water I brought with me.

I want to journal to record the things I am learning through this experience.

The rules of the day:

I could only progress if I ran.  If I didn't have the energy to run- then I could sit, stand, lay in the gravel, stretch, dance, sway, pace- whatever I had to do until the energy came back to me and I could keep running.

That was my rule.

The dish has HILLS.  Loooooong ones.  And there were times where I forgot downhill even existed and then bam- sweet relief.

Many people asked me if I was ok at various stages.  Yes, thank you, kind people!!  Just resting!!  haha

At one point I just wanted to sleep but I couldn't miss Game 5- Go Warriors!  No big loss- we have game 6 tomorrow.

I was like- I can keep going.  I want to die.  But I won't.  Not just yet.  The Warriors need me.

Gear:

I run in barefoot shoes.  Vibram 5 Fingers.  Dainty All black ones.

Also- my Amphipod fanny "band"

My lame Iphone 6 with no space- in the fanny band

Sharper image headphones- plugged into the phone- coming out of the fanny band

My all purpose work shorts

Sports bra- also often used for work

Target tank top which came in handy when I wanted to lay in gravel to try not to pass out- ouch on the bare skin.

Thoughts while running:

I planned this blog.  Thought about my life.  Listened to great music.  Especially Nahko Bear.

Playlist:

I'll fill this out later.