I am doing a virtual race this month. The spring marathon I was going to run got cancelled. All of their events that weekend total 48 miles so (for a fee) if you run 48 miles in November you get all 4 medals that they had leftover from the cancelled races.
For the record, I don't mean this to be political just optimism and what I think was a cool experience. So please no political comments.
36 miles run 12 miles remaining.
Everything is going to be OK.
For today I decided to do an 8 mile run. My route was to run to the boardwalk, head to the south end, turn around and run north to Gordons Pond. At Gordons pond there is a pavillon with a turn around where I would turn around head back to the boardwalk then home. This route takes me past our President Elect's weekend home. I heard he was in town this week but wasn't sure if he was still in town this morning.
While running to the boardwalk I passed a 20 something young lady. She said "excuse me" so I stopped thinking maybe I bumped her or something. She then asks "why are you barefoot?" I reply that i always run barefoot and have for over 10 years. She replies "That's ridiculous! Put some shoes on!" I reply whatever you say, have a nice day.
As I got to the boardwalk there were several news media there. As I turned south I saw a bunch of people looking up so I looked up. At first I thought it was a drone but as it turned I realized it was a pair of Bald Eagles. They were circling overhead and they stayed over me for about the half mile I was running south on the boardwalk before they headed out over the water. I took a few pictures and one of them you can almost make out that it is a Bald Eagle. I take this as a good sign for our country.
I touch the barrier at the south end and head north toward Gordon's Pond. There was a lot of traffic headed that way. As I approach the street where the Bidens house is all the cars are slowing to look then going past. More than half turned around and headed back. As I ran past I saw the house that I think is his has a bunch of orange cones in front but then I notice the state police have the road blocked further up. So I may be wrong about which house is the President Elect's. I continue my run into Gordon's Pond State park and I notice that the parking lot is full like a September weekend. I continue on to where the Gordon Pond bike path is and there are several hundred people standing there including several media cameras. I continue running but quickly realize that the turn around at the pavilion is full of Secret Service SUV's. I decide not to run around the turn around as planned but to stop and turn around where I was about 20 feet from the first SUV. I stopped and took a picture. One parking lot was closed and had a large private bus parked in it so I got a picture of that. I know the Bidens will bike on the Gordon's Pond Trail and my guess is he was biking this morning. I thought about running onto the trail but decided to stick to my plan. Plus the trail is gravel and I didn't have my Xero sandals.
I continued home and unlike the first lady had a biker tell me I was "awesome and hardcore" for running barefoot. There was a group of teenage boys that had been in Gordon's Pond. They all had reflective vests on and there were a couple of adults with them. I'm thinking they may have been a scout troop. They were coming off the bike path and were re-grouping in the parking lot as I ran past. On my way back to the boardwalk they rodr past me on the other side of the street. One of them asked me how far I was running and when I said 8 miles he replied wow that's far with no shoes. So I got more positive feed back than negative. Maybe the divisiveness of our country is on the mend
For the record, I don't mean this to be political just optimism and what I think was a cool experience. So please no political comments.
36 miles run 12 miles remaining.
Everything is going to be OK.
For today I decided to do an 8 mile run. My route was to run to the boardwalk, head to the south end, turn around and run north to Gordons Pond. At Gordons pond there is a pavillon with a turn around where I would turn around head back to the boardwalk then home. This route takes me past our President Elect's weekend home. I heard he was in town this week but wasn't sure if he was still in town this morning.
While running to the boardwalk I passed a 20 something young lady. She said "excuse me" so I stopped thinking maybe I bumped her or something. She then asks "why are you barefoot?" I reply that i always run barefoot and have for over 10 years. She replies "That's ridiculous! Put some shoes on!" I reply whatever you say, have a nice day.
As I got to the boardwalk there were several news media there. As I turned south I saw a bunch of people looking up so I looked up. At first I thought it was a drone but as it turned I realized it was a pair of Bald Eagles. They were circling overhead and they stayed over me for about the half mile I was running south on the boardwalk before they headed out over the water. I took a few pictures and one of them you can almost make out that it is a Bald Eagle. I take this as a good sign for our country.
I touch the barrier at the south end and head north toward Gordon's Pond. There was a lot of traffic headed that way. As I approach the street where the Bidens house is all the cars are slowing to look then going past. More than half turned around and headed back. As I ran past I saw the house that I think is his has a bunch of orange cones in front but then I notice the state police have the road blocked further up. So I may be wrong about which house is the President Elect's. I continue my run into Gordon's Pond State park and I notice that the parking lot is full like a September weekend. I continue on to where the Gordon Pond bike path is and there are several hundred people standing there including several media cameras. I continue running but quickly realize that the turn around at the pavilion is full of Secret Service SUV's. I decide not to run around the turn around as planned but to stop and turn around where I was about 20 feet from the first SUV. I stopped and took a picture. One parking lot was closed and had a large private bus parked in it so I got a picture of that. I know the Bidens will bike on the Gordon's Pond Trail and my guess is he was biking this morning. I thought about running onto the trail but decided to stick to my plan. Plus the trail is gravel and I didn't have my Xero sandals.
I continued home and unlike the first lady had a biker tell me I was "awesome and hardcore" for running barefoot. There was a group of teenage boys that had been in Gordon's Pond. They all had reflective vests on and there were a couple of adults with them. I'm thinking they may have been a scout troop. They were coming off the bike path and were re-grouping in the parking lot as I ran past. On my way back to the boardwalk they rodr past me on the other side of the street. One of them asked me how far I was running and when I said 8 miles he replied wow that's far with no shoes. So I got more positive feed back than negative. Maybe the divisiveness of our country is on the mend
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