Weekend morning runs are the best. I can sleep in a little, run a little extra mileage, and let B. handle breakfast and the kids.
Today was amazing because something happened to me that has NEVER happened in the 2 years that I have lived here. I saw another runner!!!!
I almost could not believe my eyes. I have gotten so used to being completely alone that the sight of someone else up and running at dawn seemed kind of supernatural. I decided to catch up with her and try to chat. She was friendly, I ran with her for a bit and I learned that she lives only a few miles from me. She is training for Columbus and runs part of my route on her long runs. I was too polite to ask her too many questions, but I did show her my house and let her know the times that I am out and running. I am hoping to run into her again-I would love nothing more than to have a friendship with someone local that I can talk shop with and partner with on long runs.
I have been kind of down on myself lately with the running. I have been feeling so slow, and transitioning into evening running has been hard. I have been trying to accept that my goals are often very lofty and meeting them sometimes is not always a possibility within the time-frame I give myself. So this happening today was just the thing to give me a little boost and back into a positive running mindset.