What a day can mean

VOTE!

In the next 24 hours, I'm hoping we elected the Tin Man!

I think I'm in shock. The news last night has me feeling numb. Basically there is a fraction in the "family." Two that have been so loyal have left. It feels like a death because the sense of "family" is a strong feeling. Family is one that can be counted on, no matter what. Family is something you can lean on , maybe not when you want it, but when you really need it. And to have the slightest change, the slightest ripple, can cause a feeling of uneasiness.

I know that life is not static and to have growth, there needs to be changes. We may not like those changes, but may see in the future that it was necessary to get to a better place. If someone needs to leave in order to grow, that's OK. But not this way. There's such a feeling of betrayal left behind. Maybe death always feels that waym especially when it's unexpected.

We grow stronger by being tested. And this may be a test.

Love running in the rain

This morning while D was marathon training, I was up and decided to run to Home Depot again. Literally. Me and my ipod, ATM in the back pocket and off I went. I took it slow so it was 24 minutes to get there.

My reflection on this? 'Cuz you know there is. Its amazing how slow I can run. I know I'm slow when the ants are passing me up. Does that mean I'm now running backwards? I kept my eye on a stop sign and it just wouldn't get any closer. And I'm talking about a stop sign that was at the end of the block. I could have gotten there faster if I walked. Yeah-you think I'm joking? Hardly!

And trying to get to that every-elusive stop sign I had E's voice (I guess its now SUFFER) telling me to push through it, don't stop until after you pass it. Yeah would you stop just 5 feet in front of the finish line and walk through it? No he doesn't say that but that's what he means.

I could feel the periformus, hamstring, blah blah blah all tighten so I felt compelled to walk half the time. But it seemed like the tightening started when my cardio would just start to get pushed. Did I even break a sweat on this run? Don't think so. But was this need to walk just an excuse to not have to push myself? Am I using this injury as an excuse to just cruise and put on "junk miles?" Maybe. But I could have drove to HD.

The nice part about having to take my time was that I didn't have to come back the same route to figure my time. I took the back route along Evergreen just to see something different. The route was just a bit longer, but didn't have the slight uphill grade and was less congested. Nice.

Oh yeah. What does this have to do with running in the rain? Nothing. But I got home just before it started.