Things I notice on a 6am run ...

The world is awake ... there are cars on the road and people outside walking/running
Even at 6am, there is still some HEAT out there ... 80 degrees with 87% humidity (still sweaty)
Senior citizen males (walking about) predominantly wear khaki shorts and white T's (this is no joke)
If you run circles in a neighborhood you will start to wave hi to the same people (feeling a little silly after the fact)
Crossing the highway to run to the other side brings a different crowd of runners (a little younger and a little faster on their feet)
Squirting a water bottle too hard may result in water going up the nose instead of down the throat ... oops
There are a lot of opportunities to run through the automatic sprinklers at this hour ... hope no one saw me
I still sweat and still have to peel soaking wet clothes off at when I get home ... ick
I didn't see any raccoons like I had just yesterday ... 3 BIG ones who looked me straight in the eye
Getting home at 7:25am after 5.63 miles felt good ... productive!

Comments

You go girl. You're awesome!
My son and I waited for the RATCOONS (I hate them)to come crawling out of the gutters last night. They have strewn trash all over my back yard several times and have figured out every trick I've come up with to keep them out of the garbage cans.
Anyway....we rocked them pretty good. Hope they got the message.

1:29 PM

Laura said…

I am so glad you ran through the sprinklers. Way to be alive.

7:36 AM

Deb M said…

Guilty of running through sprinklers right with you. : )

We take what we can get, don't we?

I returned home at 8:40 this morning after a sweaty 11 miles...

1:43 PM

Feeling every bit of 46 ... ugh!

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A scattered post ...

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"A Wink and a Smile"

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