Ok I did it

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I've been saying that i'd do it for months and honestly, I would've punked out if it weren't for my cousin.  I registered for the Army 10-miler.  In all reality, I don't know if I can even run a mile yet.  I'd started running again, then stopped.  Life is just so darn busy.  And I don't care what anyone says.  Running is not like riding a bicycle.  Well maybe if you fell off, broke both knees and ankles, and had to learn to ride without a seat again.   It's hard.  It takes work.  I'm sure that I can do it, but I have to admit, I'm a little intimidated.  I don't want to be first, I don't care if I'm last.  I just want to beat the bus.  For those of you that aren't familiar, if you aren't past a certain point at a certain time, they send this little shuttle along to pick you up.  They figure that you aren't going to finish in a certain amount of time and hey, they have to open the roads back up.  I'm in training mode and pushing myself HARD.

The funny thing is, I went for a run/walk in a local park yesterday.  So I'm rolling along, I see this gargantuin caterpillar.  It was fat and long.  I just think wow, what a big caterpillar, it's been a long time since i've seen a caterpillar.  It was kind of cute. Black with yellow feet.  I'm literally thinking this in my head.  My ipod was dead so I had a lot of "thinking time."  So I keep going and BOOM!  About 5 feet in front of me a deer crosses my path.  I almost had a damn heart attack.  It was huge. I mean it was so close I could see how muscular it was.  It shot across quick as a rocket and paid me no attention.  Which clearly it shouldn't have.  I mean, i'm on his turf.  I really thought for a while if I should turn around.  I mean do deer attack people?  What if these were wild "people attacking deer."  Again, too much thinking time.  In the end I finished, but best believe, I looked out for every sound or rustle I heard.  I don't wanna have to go all commando on a squirrel or nothin.