Runner Spotted!

First off today ... got these little slices of heaven in the mail yesterday!  Boston Red Sox tickets!  I was freakin' more excited about these than when I got my race confirmation!  I LOVE baseball, sue me!


Yeah, I make out with baseball tickets, whatup!



Does it make you feel good when someone you don't know recognizes you?

I was in Walmart the other day, and as the 18 year old cashier was ringin' up my spinach leaves, bananas, blue berries, yogurt, rice, and beans ... someone behind me said, "Are you a runner?"  It took a minute for it to register that the person was talking to me.  I turned around and there was a guy standing there.  I laughed and said, "Oh ... yeah!"  He said, "I thought so by what you're buying and the Brooks jacket - I think I've seen you running before."  (He had a wedding ring, so I don't think he was hitting on me.)  We talked for a minute and then went on our way.

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And then at the gym a few Saturday's ago, I guy I see there all the time said, "Man, I see you running everywhere!  How many miles do you run?"  I just laughed and said, "Yeah, it's a bad habit ... probably more than I should!"  We talked a little and then went back to working out.

Now, the self-absorbed Jim might have thought, "Man, I'm like a small-town celebrity ... kinda like the Lees Summit, Missouri Dean Karnazes! "  But the rational side of me knows that they were probably thinking, "Hey, check it out ... there's that crazy dude who runs all the time!  What a dork!!!"

But even though the truth was probably closer to the latter because I am pretty dorky ... they still knew I was a runner baby!!! 
... be great today!