I love this title bestowed upon me by Mindy. I take it quasi-seriously (ok, I take it with lots of jocularity). I just love showing the path to people that haven't run it yet. So far, I've introduced George, Mindy, Rick, Julia, Danielle (with Ian's help), and, now, Dora.
After my last 36 hours, I really needed to run. It was a big plus to get to share that run with Dora. We met up with the goal of running 10 -12 miles at the Brad. I had already warned her I needed to bitch a lot. She willingly lent her ear and gave me creative control of the run. Since she hadn't done the Connector and we could easily get our mileage that way, we decided that would be our run.
The trails were very wet. We kept the pace pretty easy. She let me vent till I was done, offered all the welcomed sympathy, and then caught me up on her three weekends of pretty awesome events. The connector required some degree of attention since it was pretty leaf covered, but we had no wrong turns.
We got back to the parking lot with the Garmin reading 10.8 miles. I knew when the data was adjusted, we'd probably have at least 11, but we extended the run to make the Garmin read exactly 11. Yay! So good to have a great friend share with.
Running will cure anything, right? :-) Glad you got a good run in and had good company to vent to! That always helps!!
ReplyDeletesuper psyched to have learned the Connector...and from the Ambassador, no less! Loved the run this morning - thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteGood to hear you got out and torched some crap on the trail. Looking forward to hitting the connector with the ambassador myself.
ReplyDeleteHope the j.o.b. is going well.
You can add me to that list! Even if it was both our first time on the trail and we got a bit lost...
ReplyDeleteYeah, we were off it more than on!
ReplyDeleteSo with your need to vent should I be OK with you not accompanying me on my morning commute?
ReplyDeleteRunning does cure everything; when my dentist recently told me that I didn't have much time before I'd have a toothache and needed a crown, my response was that I just needed to run more.