Last week was absolutely crazy!  #1 Daughter and her #1 Boyfriend arrived after a 26 hr drive from Colorado for a 2 week visit.  MFH (My Favorite Husband) was in Colorado all week (returned Friday evening) and I received an interesting phone call Wednesday.

I was running 13 miles last Wednesday.  It was National Running Day and my little running buddy through the Irun4 group had decided that 13 miles was a terrific distance for us to run on Wednesday.  It was a very do-able distance and I had headed off early to cover those miles.

While running along Hwy 45S, I received a phone call.  It was from our local TV station.  They had heard about my weight loss and running and wanted to do a feature on me.  Seeing as I was in mid-run and on the side of a 4 lane highway, we decided they would call me back on Friday to arrange a time on Monday to do an interview.

I toddled along the Highway and completed my run.

Friday morning, I set out again on a run.  I was planning on 10 miles that day.  I kept the possibility of a phone call in the back of my mind but at the same time kind of forgot about it.  Does that make sense?  From running on the shoulder of the Highway on Wednesday, my knees were talking to me a little bit, so I kept it close to home where I could run on a more “user friendly” surface.

I was about 3/4 of a mile away from the house when my phone rang.  Yup!  It was the TV station.

“We’re on our way to your house to do the interview.  We should be there in about 15 minutes.”

YIKES!!!!!

#1 Daughter and #1 Boyfriend were still snoozing and my pudgy pooch, Paxton, had not yet done his morning “Good boy.”  I needed to scoot!

It took me 5 minutes to get home.  I flew in the door yelling, “TV cameras will be here in 10 minutes!!!!!”  Hahaha!!!  You’ve never seen two people fly so fast in all your life!  Too funny!!!

In that 10 minute period, both #1 Daughter and #1 Boyfriend were dressed, Paxton was walked, the white, very unsightly pickup truck was parked at the end of the cul-de-sac (.30 mile from my house), and I had put a shirt on (I had been in sports bra and shorts).  We had just finished all of that right as the TV people pulled up.

If it hadn’t been such a frantic time, if really would have been very, very funny!  🙂

The interview went well.  It aired Friday evening and the video link was posted later Friday.  If you missed my posting the link and would like to see it, I will share the link for you here.  Hope you enjoy a little bit of my story.

http://www.wcbi.com/local-news/video-marathon-runner-sheds-170-pounds/