I must start out today's piece by thanking Laurie! I decided to do a little Grosse Pointe running and when I asked for running partners Laurie was the only gutsy volunteer. The company was much appreciated indeed. We began the run from Shore's station and headed down the scenic lakeshore drive. The 6am run was really a beatiful site. When we began the weather seemed to be cooperating. The temperature, though hot, seemed bearable. The sidewalks were pretty populated considering the time of day. As we began on our trek of an unnamed distance the weather decided to play a nasty trick on us...it suddenly became much hotter, steamier, and more humid. Ok, so maybe the issue wasn't the weather, but instead just me actually running now instead of standing in the shade. You really do never know though.....that weather is a tricky master. Anyways we ran a 3 there and 3 back route. We kept a pretty happy pace of 830, but it felt much faster due to the conditions. Neither of us enjoyed or felt grand while running, but we pushed through.
On our way we met some fun characters. I will rank my top three characters that crossed our path (besides today's amazing running partner).
#3. This character was a bit of a blast from the past. Over a year ago I joined the GP running ladies. After about one week I was just begining to meet all of the different members that were part of this group. During this first week there was another woman who joined the group (this is still when it was smaller and not the behemoth it is today). She was a nice younger mother with a good speed streak. I hadn't seen her in forever, but today she passed by twice. The first pass by was one of those ...."was that...." On the second pass by she ran with us a bit. We caught up and discussed how early 5:00AM really is. Yes it is very early. She took off down her own street never to be heard from again (over dramatic much?)
#2 The gatekeeper. On our run today we needed a sip of water to take away the burn from the heat. After mile two there was a gated park. Laurie came up with a brilliant lie to tell the gate keeper when we met. As we approached she let me in on the trick. We walked in as the gate keeper sat humbly on his tiny chair reading some sort of paper. We dodged out of the way without him saying anything and just waltzed right in. Slightly disappointed that she didn't get to use her trick, laurie yelled back, "sorry we just need to grab a quick drink of water. We live on ______ but we forgot our ids" The man in one of the best voices responded with an...of course you did....of course you did. Yes he even repeated himself. He believed us that little. I am disappointed the plan didn't work a little better, but we still got our water break so take that Mr. snarky gatekeeper!
#1 My favorite meeting to be honest was a duo. We didnt say too much. We barely saw each other. The best duo that we passed was a group of old men. They were all out in headbands and tiny many shorts. I was proud. I said...one day i will be that guy. They were enjoying themselves, smiled, and even said hello! I fully expected to see a tattoo that said running buddies for life. Maybe i'll have to get one of those.
honorable mention: jiggly bright shorts jogger guy with his dog that never says hello to laurie but said hello to me when I was with her....." How you doin' ;D"
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