My morning started with a three-mile run/walk with a client who wants to become a runner. Our current routine is to alternate running and walking in half-mile segments. After three miles we return to my house to do a little core work and stretching, and then she’s on her way.
As soon as my client left, I ran with my BRF before my next client got to my house. And yes, in case you saw Monday’s post, I had it on my calendar! Susan was doing hill repeats while she waited for me to meet her. As I ran up the hill, I caught her tapping the stop sign and smiled because I knew what she was doing… it’s a runner thing. She couldn’t turn around without touching her “turn-around object.” I tell the Cruisers if they don’t touch the mile-marker post when we turn around, that the run doesn’t count. Again, it’s a runner thing! 🙂 This made me think of doing a post called “It’s a Runner Thing” that looks into the quirky things we do! I hope to get it up next week after I take a few more pictures.
These pictures may not have anything to do with exercising, but I saw them all at the gym or on the way to a client’s house. This guy was totally chilling in the back seat of his mom’s car with his ears, lips, and jaws flapping in the wind. Unfortunately, I had to wait until I stopped at a light to take his picture, and by then gravity had returned his face to normal.
These geese parents have started bringing their baby goslings (is that redundant?) out for afternoon strolls while I’m with clients at the wellness center. I left the gym about 30 minutes after I took this picture, and I had to wait for this same family to cross the road in front of me!
And now they’re running!
I’m pretty sure they are showing off for me and hoping to impress me enough so that I would invite them to become Cruisers! What do you think? I’m sure if these guys were chasing me I’d run a lot faster!
Remember the post I did called Shopping at the Wine’ing Butcher about the new gourmet market that opened up in our community? Yesterday I stopped by and picked up Key West marinated chicken. It was the second time we got it, and I must say that Bill grilled it to perfection! I know you’ve been missing my food posts! 🙂
- Questions:
- Do you have any runner quirks you would like to tell me about, or any photos you think I should use?
- If you have a dog, does he like to ride in your car with his head hanging out of the window? Does he ever run with you?
- Have you ever been chased by a goose? Emma?
Hahaha love it. Must’ve been a full moon for geese this week.
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I love the post about “It’s a Runner Thing”. I was taught a long time ago that you had to select certain “markers” to tag before you could turn around to make it more official. It always seemed completely logical to me!
I’m sure we will come up with many more “It’s a Runner Thing” ideas on our runs together!
I’m sure I do have some runner quirks, but I can’t think of any right now. I have 1 dog and my hubby used to take him on 1 mile runs after he would do his normal run. He even built him up to running 2 miles at an all out sprint. My dog does like riding in the car, but he has to be in the front sit, not in the back. I don’t know why it is, but he is always obsessed with sitting in the front.
Does he call, “shotgun” when it’s time to get in the car? 🙂
haha. If he could talk I’m sure he would! 🙂
My “Runner Thing” is that I really dislike stopping my Garmin at ANYTHING (even 0.01 miles) less than my intended distance. 5 miles on the schedule? Will doing “just” 4.9 or 4.95 or 4.99 totally derail my entire running plan? NO. Do I still run past the entrance to my apartment building, onto the sidewalk, through the parking lot, and wherever else I have to in order to get that beautiful “5” to pop up on the screen? HECK YES. Some of my running friends call them “junk miles”. This isn’t my definition of junk miles, so I call it “killing distance” (like killing time).
Yep, Holly, that’s a runner thing! I’m exactly the same way!
Aww those geese are so cute! We have the same kind of geese in the office park where I work and they’re always walking around with their babies this time of year too.
The younger the babies are, the cuter I think they are! 🙂
Geese and ducks are SO FUNNY to me. The way they run with their heads forward! I love it!
That dog had some mighty big lips to be draped all over the car. I’m sure you felt like I did when I missed taking a picture of the guy on stilts!
We have a great blue heron that lives in the creek behind our house and he is hilarious to watch walk. His head bobs back and forth big time!
Can’t wait to see the “it’s a runner thing” post. I think it’ll be one that has me laughing while nodding my head throughout. Those baby goslings are so cute! Clearly they want to join up with the Cruisers!!
Runner quirk- If I’m close to an even mile, I have to keep running until I get there (ex. if I’m at 4.89 I have to keep going until 5.0). BUT it does not bother me to finish my run at 10.02 miles or 9.14 or whatever, just as long as I’m at or past the even marker.
Hank likes to try and hang his head out the window while we drive, but he has so much loose skin that his eyelids blow around. I think it hurts, or at least is uncomfortable, because he won’t keep his head out for long. He does settle for putting his nose just a bit out the window so that he can smell everything, though.
I’m sure it would be hilarious watching Hank’s loose skin flapping in the breeze!