Training schedule says I will do: 8 miles
I actually did: 8.11 miles*
*9.61 miles using Aubree's Bonus Mileage System, getting 1/2 mile for sweating through 2 layers of clothing and 1 mile for hills
Days to go until the marathon: 168
Miles to go until 1000: 914.4
On today's run (which was gloriously sunny), I thought a lot about a chance encounter I had last night. My husband and I took our son and dogs for a walk around our neighborhood. It was the first nice day/evening in several days and it seemed our whole neighborhood was out for a walk, and we ran into someone who was a very close friend of mine in high school, but with whom I'd lost touch over the years. It was really great to see her and meet her husband and 2 kids. I kept thinking about her and how much our friendship meant to me back in the day, and how sad it was that we lost touch . . . I can't even remember how that happened (I guess that's how it always is when you lose touch with someone). But I am so excited to have run into her and to have the opportunity for her to be part of my life again!
I also spent some time on this run thinking about what makes someone a runner. I think it wasn't until I was in the middle of training for my second half marathon that I actually felt like I could call myself a runner. And now since my training has only just begun again, I feel like I have to say I'm a runner*, with the * that I took time off and am just now getting back into it. But even though there's the asterisk there, I like being a runner. I bond with other runners when it happens to come up in random conversation. If a patient mentions they are starting to run or training for something, we spend several minutes of their visit discussing it. I feel a kinship to those I pass on my runs (and I always wonder how far are they going? How far have they gone? Where did they get those cute running pants?). I once used this phrase to describe motherhood, but I think it fits here too: it's like all along there was a secret club that I never knew existed, and suddenly I have the secret handshake. I love it.
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