A beautiful morning run with Smooth and Luz! I haven't run with Luz in eons and I soaked up every wonderful minute. No speed or distance records were broken, but I had the most wonderful perfect run. I truly love those ladies! The weather was wonderful too. We got a little sprinkle on the way home, but that was it. I got there a bit late due to my insomniac of a two year old, but the ladies waited for me. However, I didn't realize that Chad was waiting to run into us as well. We did end up seeing him just before Willow Park and got to run a couple miles with him before he headed home! I miss these runs and all the wonderful people I run them with!! It was great to see you out and feeling good Chad! I thought the ladies only wanted to run 6 or 8 so I kept expecting them to turn around, but we nearly got to the end of the trail before Luz asked how far we'd gone...over 5 miles. I wasn't complaining :) It would be the furthest Luz had gone since her last full, she was a little nervous. On the way back we stopped at Willow Park and the scouts that had done winter camp were out in full force. Finally warmed up with breakfast in their guts and playing - not just sitting around the fire. A group of boys were playing 500 with a football as we ran by. Since the football hit the ground, I sprinted ahead and tried to grab it, but another kid got to it at the same time. I said "hey, no! I want the ball...it's mine!" I grabbed it out of his hands and with some maniacal laughter started running away and told them they could have it if they could catch me. The boys all got a good laugh out of the old lady trying to play football. I threw it back to the thrower and then ran off waving amidst the cheers and thumbs up. Oh yeah, I'm cool like that :) I'm the mom that belongs at scout camp. We all finished 10.25 and Luz was on cloud nine about how well her body had fared and how well she felt. Then, Smooth said the magic word "Kneaders" = Heaven! :) Well, 3 hours later I finally headed home. Yup, perfect morning. I owe my hubby BIG time for letting me go AWOL this morning. Too bad letting him out of the Turkey Day 5K I just registered him for when he said "I'd rather sleep in on my holiday" isn't on the table! Anyone want to do a Black Friday Run?!?
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