Miserable Run, with some 'Glory Hallelujah' in the Middle

Monday, January 28th

 

Monday, Monday

How in the world did I survive you?

 

So tired this morning

Get hubby off to work

Then flounder with getting kids up and out

 

"Get in the car!"

"We're going to be late!"

"Get in the car!"

 

I yell in my cheeriest mom voice

 

Kids scramble

 

I rush

 

Sigh

 

We're slow but not late for school's start

 

Weather

 

Drippy rain

Wind

 

I round the corner to the school and see my sis-in-law Jen,

Running

 

Eeek!

So happy for her

 

I've got my running gear on too

Was thinking to treadmill it, on account of the rain

Maybe I should hurry, and try to catch up with her

 

Fling jeep doors open

To deposit kids at school

 

Discover Molls forgot to put on shoes

 

REALLY????

 

How do you forget shoes?

 

sigh

 

I do the math

18 minutes home

18minutes back

Oh wait

It's nasty out, and school zone lights flashing

 

40 minutes lost to shoe wrangling?

REALLY?

 

Being the 'think outside the box' mom that I am,

I sweetly ask Moll's kindergarten teacher if,

Just this once,

Shoes could be optional

 

Turns out she'd rather not set that precedence

Bummer

 

So I do what any decent running mother would do

I run upstairs to her older sister's class,

Grab my 6th grade daughter Kate's PE tennies

 

Then skillfully try to convince Moll's that '4 sizes too big' shoes are cool-

She was not convinced,

But saw my pleading eyes,

and acquiesced

 

 

Yippee!

Now I can run-

I head for home

 

Rain comes down

So cold

 

I see Jen off in the distance

Her run half done

 

 

Then up ahead

Stephanie and her hubby

Their run just begun

 

I make it home

Jeep in the garage,

Garmin on

Endomondo too

 

I'm off

And it's cold

 

The run feels exciting

I'm not alone

Even though I'm not running with friends

Friends are running, and that makes all the difference

 

Good thing too,

Because now, it's sleeting

Oh so cold

Miserable

 

I think about turning back for home

But I can't bring myself to it

 

I have a favorite 7-ish mile loop I told myself I'd do.

 

More wind and rain

Glad I wore my Cascadias

They can handle the wet

 

I reach the halfway mark

Lions Wilderness Park

 

And the lights come on

And by that, I mean sun

Oh the beauty of an overcast day, when the sun peeks out

Colors pop

Anyone can be a photographer
On a day like today-
 

I'm giddy as I jog and snap

Can't help myself but let the clock tick away

Look at the scrub brush bursting with color!

Took me 20 minutes to get through that glorious mile

Water droplets on wild broom bush

I don't care

A miserable run

With some 'glory hallelujah' in the middle?

 

Yes please

 

As I head toward home

Cold and wind return.

Tiny bits of hail

 

It's sound on the pavement

Like a tingling sensation

I loved it.

 

My legs ached

Tired and numb

 

Phone rings

Jen's checking to see if I need roadside assistance:

"It's hailing!" she informs me

"I'm almost done" I say,

Lest I cave and take her up on the tempting offer

 

 

Home

 

Warm

Happy