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You know you have it bad when the run wins.

Let me first set the stage, so perhaps you can understand how I made such a foolish decision…it is 6:45 am, while dark I can feel that the sun is wanting to rise above me. The air is mild, I have a race in days and my mind is heavy. Clearly all of those factors indicate the dire importance of a good run. :)  So….I pass by 5, yes 5 gas stations on the way to the school where I am dropping my youngest daughter and leaving my vehicle parked so I can get my run on. I know my gas light is on, but it just came on, and the sun wants to rise and my legs are screaming for the road….so I run. No music, just my thoughts with the sound of traffic in the background. I have missed it. I am in fact in love with running at that very moment and all sorts of memories of great road running are flooding my mind, I couldn’t stop thinking that it felt just like when I made the sun rise in Vegas…so quiet with just the sound of moving vehicles…and I was moving too, felt so powerful and strong, and peaceful. I suppose the fact that I have been running on the mill for most of the winter plays a roll in the extreme attraction to the road I have…in any case, foolish decisions were made and I picked the run, and the run RIGHT NOW instead of doing the sensible thing and….upon completion of my amazing morning run I attempted to start my car only to find, I was out of gas. Parked in the lot of my daughters school the big green momma van failed me and I was a sweaty mess with only minutes before parents would be rolling in to drop off their children…how embarrassing! So I called my little sister and my daddy, man that sounds bad, my 20 yr old sister has more sense then I!…they came to save me and I took the worlds quickest shower and made it to work in the nick of time. Dare I say I would pick the run again?…Twas an adventurous morning!