A Thousand Calories Burned. Barely a Dent in that Church Picnic Consumption.

Today I ran 6.5 miles! Wooooooooooooooooooooooo! I am strong. I am invincible. I am red-faced.

All weekend in Tiny Town, I kept telling Marvin I needed to go on the treadmill and do my 6.5. Then I kept not doing it.

Today we went to Rogation Sunday, which is an event held by the church I secretaried at. Do you like my new word?

Rogation Sunday is held at the sister church, which is way in the country -- again as opposed to the teeming metropolis that is Tiny Town. The church in Even Teenier Town is really cool; I had never been in it before, even though I made their bulletins all the time. It is simple, with wood floors and really beautiful old stained-glass windows. Oh, I liked it so.

We had it there because part of what we did was go into the fields and the rector blessed the soil and the plants and the animals and the farmers. It was basically a springtime thing. During the whole outdoor blessing part, a neighboring dog barked incessantly at us. I think he was wanting to make sure we blessed his annoying butt too, as he knew what direction he was headed otherwise.

After, there was a picnic behind the church. One of the women asked what I brought, knowing of course that I had brought nothing, thanks to my fine cooking skills. Everyone in Tiny Town gets a big charge out of the fact that I'm not a real girl.

Anyway, it was fun to see everyone again. They were all milling around outside the church when we ambled up, and someone said, "Welcome to REALLY Tiny Town." No kidding. It is one of those places that has a church and a gas station and then you are done with that town.

I am downright gleeful about telling you that the bulletin was RIDDLED, riddled with errors. I kept saying, "See? It really IS hard to make this dang bulletin!" The poor new girl. I feel her pain. I also laugh at it a little.

So, I am not even going to list for you what I ate today because it is too numerous to mention. Imagine a church picnic. Imagine a church picnic in the South. Imagine a church picnic in the South with women who have cooked good stuff their whole lives and do not give two hoots about cholesterol.

That pretty much tells you what I ate today. Every single bad Southern thing you can eat? I ate.

And that is why I went back home and ran the 6.5 miles. I did it in a blistering 14-minute mile, which considering I had 75 pounds of potato salad and ribs in me and it was 80 degrees is pretty good. Winston slept in a box of blankets right next to me the whole time. Which, thanks for the support and also, aren't you HOT as BLAZES with your fur coat and the blankets and the hot weather?

Whatever. So how was your weekend?

Comments

[Angie]

My weekend? I ran the Indy 500 Mini Marathon...13.1 miles at 15 minutes/mile. Oh wait...that was my sister, not me. Me? I ate potato chips.

[Kathy_Likes_Pink]

Wow I'm impressed you could run after a picnic like that. I think I would have upchucked. To put it delicately.

Oh, and that Teeny Tiny Town? That is my town. You sure you weren't in Massachusetts?

I've given notice at my Church Secretary job and I rather look forward to seeing how my replacement does.

[Bronwyn]

I think I'm developing a stitch in my side from reading about running after a church picnic. Good for you for doing it! By the way, why do they call that terrible pain a "stitch"? Anyone know?

I'm going out to walk my blistering 6 miles (because it's already 87 degrees out there) at my speedy pace of 15 minute miles. No running here. Makes me too sweaty. I hate to sweat.

[chacha]

I once ran after a large meal and never again! It was 3 miles of almost hurling.

Yay for 6.5 miles - you are over the 10k mark! Sometimes I miss running but then again, my knees are happier for it. When is your 1/2 marathon? I can't remember anymore.

My weekend consisted of a Sunday garage sale which is not an ideal day to have it, but it went ok. We ended up netting $150 so I am a happy camper. We then went out and spent $800 a Best Buy. Nice (hubby *had* to have the Nintendo Wii and I got a sweet deal on a laptop).

[Darla]

WOOOHOOOOO that much running -- holy moly! You go!

[Rue]

I've been laughing for 20 minutes reading all these posts. I have to admit, that your diet sounds like mine.... ugh! I really need to stop eating.

Have a great night.

rue :)

[Tee]

My husband and I have started walking, but since I had to work today and it was a full day and we had went to our last session of our weight loss support group and I managed to gain MORE weight, we didn't walk today. As for the weekend, my sister-in-law and I worked our buns off for two days preparing for a yard (basement) sale on Friday and Saturday and now we will spend two days packing all that stuff to cart off to Goodwill, but we made over $300. I suppose that was a pretty productive weekend.