I had floppy jowls!!

You might wonder why I would be so excited about this. Usually I'm bemoaning the "falling" of my face. It's all fine and dandy to have chubby cheeks when you're young. Then, you're cute. But as I've gotten older, those cute, chubby cheeks have started sliding downward like a Salvador Dali painting, or a basset hound's face. See those jowls?!?!

Anywho, I managed to get in an impromptu, sort of longish run today -- 7 miles and some change. By the end, I was feeling pretty great, trucking along and I noticed, to my delight, that my cheeks were flopping!

This has only become important to me since watching the Olympics track and field events and seeing the runners' cheeks bounce as they ran. One of the commentator's mentioned that this was a sign of very good running -- relaxed and smooth, even with the stress of racing in the Olympics.

It's not hard to tell when you're having a good run and when you're not. Sometimes it's really hard for me to switch from the strained, forced running movements during a bad run to the smooth, relaxed, almost sliding form of a good run. But now, I can add my cheeks to the list of the points I focus on to stay soft and loose.

Let's just hope the spit don't fly!