My training plan called for 8 miles this morning.<\/p>\n
I have been avoiding hills lately, primarily because with this Holiday Running Streak, I’m being as nice to myself as I possibly can. \u00a0That, and because I am basically lazy! \u00a0HA!<\/p>\n
Anyway, I decided that today I would run hills. \u00a0Goodie?<\/p>\n
It is still pretty chilly in Mississippi so I bundled up again in absolutely everything I own for running in cooler weather. \u00a0One of those items is an ear muffy kind of a thing. \u00a0It is toasty warm and I really like it.<\/p>\n
The only thing I don’t like about it is that with the wind, it plays tricks on my ears. \u00a0I keep thinking that I hear someone behind me.<\/p>\n
At first, I would turn around at the drop of a hat to see who was back there…that was until I finally clued into the fact that the ear muffy thing was causing me to hear that. \u00a0Now, I just ignore anything I hear behind me. \u00a0Nothing is ever back there.<\/p>\n
So, I was on my way back towards the house this morning. \u00a0I had run 6 of my 8 miles when, sure enough, I heard someone behind me. \u00a0I didn’t give it a second thought. \u00a0I just kept on running.<\/p>\n
Now, when I am out there running, I day dream. \u00a0I solve all the major world problems. \u00a0I pretend I am in the final miles of a race and push myself…all sorts of stuff…anything it takes to keep putting one foot in front of the other. \u00a0Today wasn’t any different.<\/p>\n
All of a sudden, I realized that there really was someone behind me! \u00a0They had gotten pretty close, too!<\/p>\n
I whirled around.<\/p>\n
It was a COW!!!<\/p>\n
Yup, a big, brown cow.<\/p>\n
This was something different. \u00a0I have never had a cow as a running buddy before.<\/p>\n
So, what did I do?<\/p>\n
I looked at the cow and said, “Hi, cow.”<\/p>\n
Apparently that was all that was needed because the cow then turned around and went the other way.<\/p>\n
Weird.<\/p>\n
Country living. \u00a0Gotta love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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