Last Place Runner

It’s all part of the fun not to weigh yourself until the first phase of the challenge — the 10-day cleanse — is over and you’re starting the Day 11. I may have had a small peek today. That’s all I’m going to say about it. Well, I’ll also say I’m pleased and I’ll stay off the scale now until Day 11.

So for the first three mornings, you have a fiber drink. This is the undoing of a lot of people on the challenge. The drink can thicken big time if you don’t drink it right away. And it’s not all that tasty in the first place. Amber told me to get the peaches and cream fiber drink for my first challenge. Citrus is the other option and, because I don’t like drinking sweet stuff (except sweet tea!), I had to go with the citrus. And it was gross. I still managed, but I went with the peaches and cream after that and it is much better. I have a Spark when I wake up, and then I have my fiber drink with breakfast. But you get a break from the fiber drink on days 4-8 (I think) and you just take a probiotic in the morning. So no fiber drink today!

I wrote out my training schedule for the few weeks left before the half marathon relay. I decided to give myself a rest day during the week and do runs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. My goal for rest days is to still get in a minimum of one mile, either walking or running, to stay current with my Power of One running club. I had 48 minutes on the schedule this morning, so I did a cool-down walk for 6 minutes when I finished. It was actually pretty easy! It was time for a morning snack when I finished. I love having a way to pass the time between meals and snacks!

So, remember when I said I was turned down for that job because they said they had found more qualified candidates? I wanted to respond to the email, but I didn’t. That was Tuesday. Then yesterday, on Wednesday, the exact same person who said I wasn’t qualified enough to work for the company, sent me an email with the password for the company’s main email address! She sent it late in the afternoon and I didn’t see it until after 5 p.m. I sent her an email back saying I couldn’t imagine why she would send me that kind of information. I haven’t heard back, but now I know what it takes to be qualified to work there. Even a less qualified person than I could have done some major damage with that kind of information. Lucky for her and her continued employment with the company, I’m not vindictive. Too much.