Well...I just had my run. Two weeks to the day since the last knee-crushing run. Did it today. To hell with those expensive pool fees....Today it was just me and my running shoes and the warm, early spring air caressing my wrists and shoulders and neck. And spring trees and flowers scenting the air, ready to welcome spring in two days.
I ran past the large, old fashioned side yard that I often admire. Vegetables and daffodils and trees, always looking like they've come directly out of the 1950s. And never a person to show me who tends this garden. But this morning, this fine spring morning, a woman entered the side of the yard as I sprinted by. She stood tentatively with a large, bright green bucket. To water the crops, no doubt. A woman with gray hair, veined legs visible from the knees down under her bright pink robe. She started a smile and I waved without reservation. She waved back, smiling and happy.
I'm still smiling from my run -- the scented spring air, my neighbors, the endorphins coursing merrily through my body...but now I'd better go stretch my legs to preserve my ability to run again soon....
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