cheesy

Ok, this is so stupid, but.
Just when I decide that I had the best day skateboarding and that I get way more out of it and forget running, it is ruining me, I go for my scheduled 5km Wednesday shot. Prepared to hate it and add to the reasons to stop pile, the best one yet. I fell skateboarding today, and I scraped my whole left shin, from knee to ankle. It looks so tough, but it doesn't hurt at all.
I executed a perfect barrel roll fall at the very last moment, once I knew I was going down. Coming out of the oververt pocket in the deep end at the local park. I imagined it in my head in a flash, and decided even a try for it would be better than going sideways down on my knees as I was about to. I committed to my fall. I rolled. I bounced back onto my feet at the foot of the transition, (I wish I could have seen it, it could have even looked like a graceful somersault), my front foot was magically back on my board, I stepped back on and rode away! WTF! Amazing!
I am a pro at falling down!
Anyways, I actually expected the knee to get swollen at some point. Probably when I went for my run, after my shift at the indoor tonight was done. I just finished my run...no swolly.

What happened instead is crazy. I went around my usual neighborhood loop, and when I got to the bottom of my training hills, I felt like-yes, I said I FELT LIKE- taking a swipe at it tonight.
Go up, 500m, and back down, 500m, and home. I kept running, after it had told me I was done my 5, I just slowed down to a really easy pace. And then quit at the street where it usually tells me I have 400m to go and walked to cool down. Well, some lady comes on and tells me, "Congratulations, you just set a new personal best time for 5kms".
I just got so excited, I could only laugh at myself.
So amped!
So lame!
So rad.

And I'm running for another day.