As I stumbled sleepy-eyed into my bathroom at 4:30 AM on Tuesday morning I noticed that I had a text from my first client of the day. Once I saw that she was canceling her appointment, I made a u-turn and grabbed another hour of shut-eye.
Heading out for my run around 6:15 AM meant that I would be running in daylight for the entire time and that I should take my GoPro. Bill joined me on his bike and we headed to a nearby pond to see if we could catch a decent sunrise. We were about 15 minutes late, but still took a few minutes to capture fun pictures before heading on for our run/bike ride at our own paces. All of my body parts seemed to be cooperating so I ran seven miles, the longest since January, just before my injury.
Thursday morning I skipped meeting my friends again and headed out to repeat Tuesday’s route in reverse – the same client had canceled Thursday’s appointment as well, so I once again had an extra hour to catch some z’s. The temperature had warmed up a bit, but the sky was dreary with a threat of rain.
As I’ve mentioned before, my GoPro doesn’t function as well in lower lighting (or I’m clueless on how to set it for such), so my movement is blurry and it looks like I’m running really fast. Trust me, I wasn’t!
As I circled on around the pond, I almost stepped on a pigeon, or so I though. I usually run without wearing my contacts so when I caught this little guy out of the corner of my eye as my foot fell right beside him, I misjudged what kind of bird it was. After I stopped and turned for a closer look, I realized that it wasn’t a pigeon at all. He was puffed up, which I later learned from my friend Rachel, meant that he was cold.
He was very friendly and hopped up on my shoe, but wouldn’t take the bait and hop on my extended finger. Having zero clue on what to do with a little lost bird I found while out on a run a mile from my house and whether or not I could just pick him up by the body without hurting him (he jumped every time I touched his back), I took pictures and sent them to our HOA hoping they could find the owner. Later in the morning, I met Rachel at the pond to see if we could find him, but with no luck. Hopefully his family had found him, or someone else with bird experience came along and rescued him.
Earlier this week I thought about signing up for a Mother’s Day 4-Miler. Bill said he’d be happy to go with me and take pictures around the lake while I ran, but before I got a chance to sign up, I got a text from Erin asking if I wanted to run on Saturday morning. When I told her I was considering racing, she wrote, “Running with me is so much more fun though!!!”
Since our schedules never seem to match any more, FOMO set in and I knew that I had to take Erin up on her offer. Yes, sometimes friend FOMO outweighs race FOMO! I also took her up on her offer to meet me at my house and run on our community trails. On our return, we met Bill heading out on his ride and stopped long enough for a quick picture.
Photo credit: Erin
And finally, Happy Mother’s Day to all of my mama friends out there! I had a nice long phone call this morning from our oldest son who lives in Chicago. Our youngest son is coming over this afternoon to grill out and since it’s MD, I’m going to suggest we walk to get some froyo! And, I even had a surprise visit with a little gift this morning from Erin and her little son M who steals my heart every time I see him!
In case you missed it, on Tuesday I wrote a letter to myself, Dear Sixteen-Year-Old Me / Dear Future Me, about my decades of rather irresponsible tanning habits.
Here’s how the rest of my workouts went down this past week…
Fitness tools beyond the equipment in my gym that I used during the week included:
- Rodney Yee’s Complete Yoga For Beginners (affiliate link)
- Rodney Yee’s Intermediate Yoga (affiliate link)
- Rodney Yee’s Yoga Conditioning For Athletes (affiliate link)
- Tony Horton’s Ten Minute Trainer (affiliate link)
- Teeter Hang Ups Inversion (affiliate link)
Cameras used for blog photography include:
- GoPro Hero 4 (affiliate link)
- Canon Power Shot Elph (affiliate link)
- iPhone 6S (affiliate link)
- And the occasional picture taken by Bill
- Questions:
- What have you found while running?
- Moms, what are your Mother’s Day planes?
- Did you race this weekend?
Have a great week!
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Awwe such a cute birdie! I’m glad you were able to sleep in a little longer a few days this week. It’s always great when you can get extra sleep and run in daylight!
Kimberly G recently posted…Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon Training Recap – Week 11
The extra sleep was sweet! I think I got more sleep this past week than I’ve gotten in years!
What a cute birdie!!! Bummer that your client cancelled twice in the same week but at least you got more time to sleep in.
Zenaida recently posted…Road to BQ Week #7
He was a cutie! My client was having car problems so I completely understood that it was out of her control.
No racing, per se, but an all-day relay…which involved some faster paces than I was intending (and that certainly did NOT feel fast at the time). What a pretty little bird!
Kimberly Hatting recently posted…Miles, miles, and more miles
Congrats! I can’t wait to pop over and check out your relay recap!
Oh my gosh, what a little beauty! I’ve never seen a parakeet in real life, that I can recall. Have a great week!
I have very little experience with birds except for watching our bluebirds in our back yard. And thanks, I hope you have a great week, too!
Your GoPro pics look so good. I’m still learning how to use ours and having the same problem with lighting. I can’t think of a single interesting thing I’ve ever found on a run, ha!
AmyC recently posted…Wrapping up the Week with a Mother’s Day 5K and Does this Happen to You?
I’ve also seen a few snakes on my runs, but I don’t stop to mess around with them! 😮
Did you ever find out what was up with your client who kept canceling?
My great grandma once lost her parakeet and the students from a local university found him. I guess he flew in their window!
Fairytales and fitness recently posted…Weekly Wrap…May 14: How do the steps work?
My client was having car problems and canceled for both days when she texted on Tuesday. She texted today and we’re good to go for this week! My clients rarely cancel so I totally respect when they need to cancel or reschedule (I hope I didn’t just jinx myself). 😉
One of my friends said that a parakeet flew in their open door once and when she couldn’t find its owner, she bought a cage and kept him! 🙂
I hope that birdie found his way home! What a dilemma!
Wendy@Taking the Long Way Home recently posted…Coming Down from that Post-Race High
Me, too! I was pretty clueless what to do with the little fellow…
Congrats on that seven miler! I hope the owners found their pretty bird! I saw a dead snake on my run today. It was copper colored (eek). I ran a 5k yesterday! Only my 2nd one this year. It was fun! Thanks for linking, Deb!
Oh, I missed that you ran a 5K on Saturday! I hope it went well!
What a pretty bird! I guess if I thought it was a pet I might try to handle it, but I don’t know much about birds, so I’d have been cautious too. I definitely understand choosing a friend over a race you haven’t signed up for yet!
Coco recently posted…Yay For Rain
I’m pretty sure he was a pet, but every time I touched his back he jumped and he wouldn’t step up on my extended finger. 🙁
Poor little bird! Hope he found a warm home! Yay for some nice runs and fun pictures.
MCM Mama Runs recently posted…An amazing weekend and 15 minutes of fame
Me, too!
So glad you chose to run with me!!!! You made my day! Xo
It was so fun to catch up! xoxo
Darlene & I haven’t been able to get together for a loooooong time, so I hear ya.
Poor little birdy.. Coming back to my MILs while in WA I saw a ownerless dog running away — as did someone else — we tried to find who the dog might belong to, but were unsuccessful. I don’t even know if it came from that neighborhood. Poor thing. 🙁
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Awww, poor little pup.
Hope you and Darlene get to see each other soon!
Darn FOMO gets me quite often LOL
Glad to see you are making progress from your injury.
That bird is kind of pitiful 🙁 My hubby has a knack for collecting baby squirrels…they seem to find him.
As I told Erin, at least in this case FOMO saved me $35 – usually FOMO costs money! LOL
I once found a bathroom scale whilst out running. I was actually on a bike path which was near the railroad tracks. I wondered if it was someone who finally just got fed up with the scale and threw it out a moving train window. I know I’ve envisioned doing something like that many times… (as if it’s the scales’ fault! haha)
no racing for me – I had exams Saturday and on Sunday my parents were in the country (they are currently cruising) for 24 hours so I was off to Rotterdam on Sunday for the day to spend time with them!
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I hope your exams went well, and how cool that you got to see your parents for the day!
I’m cracking up at your comment about the scales and can just picture it getting tossed out of the moving train window. 😀
I hope your exams went well; and how cool that you got to see your parents for the day!
I am cracking up at your comment about the scales as I picture them getting tossed out of a moving train window. 😀
I do miss the beautiful sunrises by getting a few more hours of sleep 🙂
Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner recently posted…A PR In My Mental Race Strategies
It’s a tradeoff! 😉
Your pictures are great – I would love to take more photos while I’m running/of me running, but never know how people do it! The parakeet was adorable – I hope he found his family and is safe (and warm!)
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I use a GoPro setting on a tiny tripod for my running pictures. I shoot video and then choose my favorite still frame. You just gave me an idea to write a post on how to take running pictures. Thanks! 🙂
I once found a bathroom scale on the side of the road. Like someone literally chucked their scale out of the window of a moving vehicle!
no races this weekend! too busy with other stuff – had my exams Saturday and my parents were in the country for 24 hours with a cruise so I spent the day with them Sunday.