Today’s Run: \u00a05.50 miles<\/p>\n
What a lovely, lovely morning for a run!<\/p>\n
The weather was perfect this morning! \u00a051F. \u00a0Sunny skies. \u00a0Light NE breeze. \u00a0A runner could not ask for a more perfect morning in which to run. \u00a0I could not let an opportunity like that pass me by.<\/p>\n
I headed out the door a little later than usual. \u00a0I was fiddling around on FB. \u00a0No excuse other than I was dawdling. \u00a0I know better than that. \u00a0No harm done, though.<\/p>\n
My dawdling made the traffic pattern a little more difficult than usual. \u00a0People were heading off to work and they were in a hurry AND they were not looking out for me. \u00a0I had to be on my toes today.<\/p>\n
There were the usual people that I pass when I am out on my run. \u00a0They were running late this morning, too. \u00a0There were the people who are usually on the road at this time~they are not used to watching for me on the road and they were distracted drivers…you know, phone in one hand, coffee or cigarette in the other and steering with an elbow.<\/p>\n
I am used to running against the traffic mind you and there were no close calls or anything, it was just more of a nuisance than anything else. \u00a0The thing I forgot about was the train schedule.<\/p>\n
On my way back this morning, I heard the train whistle. \u00a0Rats. \u00a0I really started to hustle. \u00a0I wanted to beat that train. \u00a0Nope. \u00a0It was not going to happen. \u00a0(I am still a little sore from the marathon.) \u00a0So, I got stopped by a train.<\/p>\n
The train was moving along at a good clip when all of a sudden it stopped. \u00a0Oh, no. \u00a0Then I heard a scrapey, scrapey, scrapey sound and saw a person off to the side. \u00a0Soon there were four cars waiting for the train~parked. \u00a0And me. \u00a0Standing. \u00a0Feeling pretty silly. \u00a0But what is a person to do? \u00a0Wait, I guess.<\/p>\n
Finally the train moved along, leaving half of its cars behind. \u00a0That had been the scrapey sound. \u00a0The guy I saw had been uncoupling those cars. \u00a0Ah.<\/p>\n
I toddled off, crossing the tracks with four cars on my side and three on the other side. \u00a0The people on the other side were giving me funny looks, like~”Lady, what in the world are you doing!?!” \u00a0It did feel very strange to run across the tracks with cars following you, waiting for you to get out of the way~even though I was way off to the side and out of their way. \u00a0It was just weird.<\/p>\n
Have you ever seen the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles? \u00a0It has Planes, Trains and Automobiles in it! \u00a0Go figure. \u00a0On my run this morning, you now know I had the trains and automobiles components. Well…while I was walking the dog a little while ago, a plane flew over. \u00a0Spooked the dog~what a chicken. \u00a0So, here you have it: \u00a0Planes, Trains and Automobiles! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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