I woke up early this morning, before my alarm, brushed my teeth, made some tea, and got dressed in layers. Around 7am, the BOY and I walked outside into the freezing streets of Chicago to clean off my car.
We drove north towards Montrose Harbor, looking for a place to park as we got close. When we found a random parking lot, I felt lucky, until I changed out of my boots and into my running shoes and lost feeling in a few of my fingers.
It was so brutal cold that even the pay box didn’t want to operate quickly. As I skidded along the icy parking lot to figure out my license plate number, it occurred to me that running in this weather over this ice was going to be brutal. And when it was my turn to pay for parking ($16 for less than 2 hours), it hit me. Why??? Why run this 10k?
I could tell you that I was worried about the weather, slipping on the ice, or feeling sick and crappy for the rest of the day. But the truth…life is just to short to spend your Saturday morning walking along the lake by yourself in freezing cold weather wondering why?!
So instead…I got back in my car, changed back into my Uggs, and the BOY and I drove straight to breakfast at Bakin&Eggs. I Decided Not To Run (D N T R). Sitting together chatting over steaming hot bevvies, I felt strongly that I was exactly where I should be. Together with my husband, warm and cozy, and appreciating the morning!
Our food was AMAZING and because we were there so early, we got a discount. Note: the only other people awake and eating with us were families with young kids.
We started with a bacon flight and then devoured everything in sight…as if I had spent my morning burning calories on a run and not just dressed like it…ha ha!
After brekkie, we went back to my brother’s for a much needed nap! The rest of our day was spent meeting friends at our favorite pizza place for lunch (Spacca Napoli), and then we swung by the BOY’s sister’s on our way home to meet Cooper’s newest cousins.
These 6 week old kittens are absolutely adorable and so much fun!
The BOY and I are spending Saturday night at home having date night with wine, Blacklist, and hopefully some games, which makes me super happy! Am I sad I didn’t race today? For sure! I was looking forward to a running along Lake Michigan and testing my speed a bit. Did I make the right decision? Yes! Sometimes, its just not worth it!
Have you ever D N T R? Why?
