PM: Interesting run this afternoon. I had a professional development class all day and didn't get out on the trails until later. More standing water and slushy snow in the upper reaches of Millcreek Canyon than I expected so after going up I decided to run down the paved road back to the trailhead and then just do an out-and-back on the Pipeline Trail.
Then it took forever! I passed Millie Wegener (Millie Something Else now), one of my old Alta runners who graduated in 2007 and she yelled "Hey Murphy" and I ended up talking to her and her husband and 9 month old daughter for about a half hour. After starting back up I ran for about 5 minutes before I encountered Jake, Andrea, and Andrea's parents out for a hike and so I stopped to talk to them for quite a while. Definitely my most sociable run in a while but it's good to have friends.
I was away from home close to 3 hours and managed 8 miles. When I got home Ann reminded me that it's probably just as important for health and well-being to have friends than it is to exercise. Good to remember for my introverted, sometimes anti-social self.
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