On this Mother’s Day (and a Happy Mother’s Day to all you Moms out there), I find myself reflecting about family. I am blessed to have a wonderful husband and children, a supportive Mother and siblings, AND an extended family in our training team. Last Friday I sent out the email about dinner at our place after the evening run and Rob mentioned when he got home that we are “having the family dinner Friday night, huh? Good.” That got me thinking….. our team really is like a family. We get testy with each other at times but the bottom line is, each one of us is there for the other anytime needed. Maggie commented last night that she can’t believe we spend so much time together, train together, and have not killed one another yet. I don’t ever see the killing happening….. maybe some bitching – but just like family, we have so much respect and affection for one another it all works out. Thanks to my team for being that extended family – it truly is a great feeling to have such wonderful friends.
Now, to share some funnies from yesterday’s run. Oh my goodness did we have some laughter, including a couple of snorts 🙂 After our one hour swim, we headed out on a 1:45 run. Instead of running from aid station to aid station, we ran from Kwik Trip to Kwik Trip. Side note….. Paul thinks I may be banned from some area Kwik Trips – not a blogable story……. At our first “aid station” a not very fit couple asked us if we were part of some run going on as they piled into a well-used, damaged van and seemed a bit boggled with our answer of we were just training. After they got settled into the van, the driver passed one of those devices to breath into to make sure the driver is sober over to the passenger to blow into before she could start up the car. Oh my goodness…. this was at 8:30 in the morning. Mike decided we should wait a minute to see which direction they went before we headed back out on our route. Paul was thinking this guy could have a gig as a “designated blower.”
The sun is shining this morning as I have my coffee before pulling my bike off the trainer for our ride – thank goodness the weather is cooperating. If we witness anymore snort producing laughter stories, I will fill you in.