I was in my usual spot in the public Library with my textbooks all afternoon living the nerd part of my life. When the library closed at 5, I set out to live the runner part of my life for a short time. I was fully looking forward to this since it is now completely light out at 5 pm. It was a really nice sunny day today and the temp at 5 was in the 30s - unseasonably "warm" for February in southeast Michigan. I changed my clothes in my car, thanks to the miracle of tinted windows, fired up Garmy, and was off on my mini-adventure! My route took me through the cemetary, where I said hi to my ancestors as I ran past their graves! (yes, I really do say, "Hi great great Uncle Adam and Aunt Mary" as I run past; that's normal, isn't it?) I continued on through some neighborhood streets toward a trail that takes me through the woods and through the campus of the hospital. As I was running past a house just before the entrance to the trail I heard, "MOOOOOOOOOOOO"! OMG, somebody was mooing at me - as in calling me a cow!!!! They did it 3 times, I think. I could not see the person, they were either in the garage or around the corner of the house. I did see people as I was running toward the house so they must have hid when they decided to moo!! I admit that I have gained some pounds since I've become a full time college student and my mileage has dropped from 25-30 miles to 10-12 miles per week but I sure didn't think I was in the cow category yet!! I wasn't wearing black and white; I was wearing pink! I thought the rest of the world was watching the Super Bowl this afternoon! The rest of my run was uneventful. I ran 5 miles which is about as far as I can run these days. It was a really great run in the sunshine. I am still waiting for weather suitable for the miracle shirt but I'm not complaining!
A beautiful day for a run in February and a new funny running story to tell; what more could one ask for!!
What better motivation to get onself back into shape than being moo'd at while running!!!
Runner Nerd
mistaken for a cow
Sunday, February 5, 2012
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