I know the run today was hard. Only 4 miles and it hurt like hell. Hang in there. Seriously, there are a hundred hooks to hang your blame on – it was too hot, allergies were kicking your butt, too many cars backing out of driveways without looking, too many busy intersections to cross, you never got your breathing settled, and all you could really think about was the humility of going up an underwear size…I know, I know. Let it pass. The important thing is you got out there. You gave it your best and your best is all you’ve ever got, right? Am I right?
Think of it this way. You inhaled lilacs on the bridge; you saw angels in the yard; Christmas is everlasting at house #57; you avoided the dog crap at the maples; that guy finally had his Lab on a leash; instinct told you to stay away from the man with the motorcycle on the bike path; you didn’t smile at unknown kayakers and, and, and you ran 4 miles.
Enough said.
~*LunaSea*~ 
May I just say, “Yay my favorite picture!” This is just so beautiful and graceful and you…I mis it so.
Oh, also…good job on the run.
This is one of my favorite pics, too. The ocean is mesmerizing from that height!
When I come back from vaca I’m setting up the new “that” page 😉
You blog post reminds me of a song from a Monty Python film, Life of Brian. (scary how I go from your very nice post to a very silly Monty Python song all in the same brain wave, isn’t it?) The song goes on about “always look on the bright side of life”. If you have not seen the film – check it out for just that one scene near the end of the movie 🙂
That is exactly why I love you – you come up with the crazy connections that make sense. The only MP movie I’ve ever seen is the Holy Grail one…with the killer rabbits. I’ll have to check out Life of Brian!
Perhaps the song from the forgotten 1978 musical “The Wiz”, called Ease on Down the Road … could be appropriate from time to time. It goes a little something like this (cue the cheesy showtune music):
Pick your left foot up
When your right foot’s down
Come on legs keep movin’
Don’t you lose no ground
You just keep on keepin’
On the road that you choose
Don’t you give up walkin’
’cause you gave up shoes, no
Ease on down, ease on down the road
Come on, ease on down
Ease on down the road
Don’t you carry nothing
That might be a load
Come on, ease on down
Ease on down the road