Today, I ran and walked 4.4 miles. It was an interesting run, a balmy 40 degrees. Helped me break double digits on only the second day of the year, bringing my ytd (year to date) up to 11.2. The brisk wind rushed over my face was invigorating but not painful.
There is so much to see in the little park that I run in. First off there are these magnificent man made waterfalls that change colors. During most of the off season they are turned off but the shear magnitude that mankind could create something so colossal and beautiful is a reminder of the ingenuity of man and it stands smack in the middle of my run. Across the street there is a pond with wetlands. During my 2.5 years of running at the park I've witnessed and heard the screams of heron, I've danced with defensive geese, I've rescued the odd duckling wandering away from it's flock, laughed at the dancing otters as they bounce along the surface of the water and crossed the path of countless deer some coming so close that I was sure they would run me over.
Today was a first though. Today as I ran along the 1.3 mile loop of trail and sidewalk and marveled at how crystal clear the fresh layer of ice was across the pond I saw people. They were ice skating on the pond. Now I've grown up walking on ice. You really can't grow up in Northern Michigan and think you will never go out on ice. But whenever I go out on the ice there has to be at least 12" of the stuff or I get ancy. I'm not sure there was more than 3 inches of ice out there but they were skating. It looked like so much fun just to race around the little stretch of pond. These guys were pretty skilled as well. They were doing figure 8's and little tricks. I enjoyed watching them dance along while I puffed next to the pond like the little engine that could.
It was a beautiful moment captured in a memory. What a wonderful moment in time. Excited to get back out there tomorrow and capture some more memories.
Let's go 2015. I'm going to run all over you.
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