Run Your Ass Off

Meet Hugh Dzhass

March 8, 2007 on 12:28 am | In General | 1 Comment

Meet Hugh Dzhass. Hugh has been with me for quite some time now. So long, that I sometimes forgot that I actually had another dependent. By himself, you probably wouldn’t notice him: 50, maybe 60 lbs. tops. But he’s always with me, and I’ve had the devil of a time getting rid of him. He’s with me in the morning. He shows up at work. He’s with me after work, at meetings, in the evenings, while watching TV. He’s so much a part of my life, that I often forget about him, and have even considered him a part of the family.

And, oh, does he like to eat. He loves sweet cakes. He adores chocolate syrup, and chocolate-peanut butter ice cream. He can eat a second plate at dinner after I’ve finished my first. He often orders dessert without finishing the main course at restaurants, and leaves me with the bill. When I’m stuffed at home after eating dinner, he makes himself a bowl of ice cream, or yogurt, or whatever.

I’ll tell you more about him later, and all the trouble he’s caused me in life. For now, it’s enough to say hello.

For my part, I actually ran up the steps at Park Forest Village Hall today without losing my breath. Didn’t even know that I had run up steps. Feels pretty good. And, I found out that yesterday’s run was actually a little over 2 miles: 2.036 miles. The GPS worked today, so I did it all again. This one took me a bit longer, 32:29, but I made it, and had time to stretch afterward.

Now I have to eat, and probably feed Hugh a little. But at least I made it through another run.