Today’s run: 3.52 miles, 38:06 minutes. YT: 588.02. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

Me: OK, you drank an entire pot of coffee. Time to run!
Body: No.
Me: Yes.
Body: Um…. No.
Me: YES.
Body: If you wanted me to run today, you should have reconsidered white wine at lunch AND dinner yesterday.
Me: OK. I’m definitely behind the glass at lunch. But I think I can blame you for the dinner.
Body: You know it doesn’t work that way.
Me: Sure it does. They’ve known since Schopenhauer that the body can act on impulses completely separate from the conscious mind.
Body: You just made that up.
Me: Yeah, it’s possible. Look…. We’ll only run two miles.
Body: Eh.
Me: You know you’ll feel better afterwards.
Body: Meh.
Me: And maybe we’ll have pizza.
Body: Done.

15 minutes later, 1 mile in…

Body: This isn’t really so bad.
Me: Hey look, people kayaking on the East River. That looks fun!
Body: You know.., maybe we should run 3 miles? Who runs two miles anyway? We’re way beyond 2 mile runs.
Me: Word.

Another mile later….

Body: OK, time to turn home if we’re running 3.
Me: But this is the prettiest part of the park! If we don’t finish the loop, we’ll miss it.
Body: Whatever.

In the home stretch…

Me: Body?
Body: Yes, Sara?
Me: I think we can blame the dinner wine on the waitress. She wouldn’t quit pouring.
Body: Done.