yeah, you know, i really needed a brush with death tonight
in an effort to try and lose some weight, i've not only been going to Curves, but i've also started going for walks at night.
yeah, well. i don't know if i'll be doing those walks anymore.
sometimes i take a few laps around the same block. sometimes i just take a path, turn around and come back.
tonight i took a path.
about 20 or so minutes into my walk (and hence 20 minutes from my house), i'm enjoying my walk, workin' up a sweat, humming along to my iPod.
and then.
oh, about 30-50 feet in front of me.
is a
GIANT
BLACK
BEAR.
you know, the ones that plague ESPECIALLY this area of northern NJ?
yeah, those bears.
fuckin' scared the shit outta me.
i froze, slowly turned around, and walked away. so i had to take an even longer way home. as it's growing darker, and i'm getting more and more freaked out.
you have to understand...i don't RUN. i don't JOG. i've got bad endurance and even worse ankles. i'm injury prone.
but FUCK YEAH i ran tonight. once i was out of the bear's sight, i racewalked/jogged/ran the rest of my way home.
i need to recover now. and take a shower.
edit: there are some links to bear stories in the entry, just hover your mouse around if you want to find them.
posted by: less-than3
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