I don’t typically laugh out loud when I’m running, but today I couldn’t help it. Since I will be away for the weekend attending a wedding (congrats Ben & Sarah!), I had to do my long run after work today. Not the first thing on my ‘to do list’ on a Friday afternoon, but it had to be done. I missed my Thursday track session because I was golfing, so skipping my long run was completely out of the question.
I just want to tell you real quick what I had for dinner on Thursday night. I play in a golf tournament every month with my dad and 2 uncles. The tournament on Thursday ended with one of the best dinner buffets that I’ve seen in quite some time. And after a scorching 98, I needed some good eats. Here’s what I had on 1 plate: a caesar salad, 1 roll, grilled squash and zucchini, a generous helping of mashed potatoes with peppers, bacon and sour cream, 2 baked stuffed shrimp and an enormous piece of prime rib with hollandaise sauce. Oh and I washed all that down with a piece of Oreo pie and a piece of banana cream pie. I don’t know how I drove home.
Anyway, back to my run today. So I’m around mile 6 of 10. I’m running up this enormous hill when I see this lady coming towards me. She catches my attention because she is wearing the brightest red t-shirt I’ve ever seen. As we get closer and closer, I notice her smile. She is smiling like she just won Powerball. Seriously, her smile is taking up the entire sidewalk. After a few more strides, I can see she is an Asian lady, around 35, and has a mouthful of braces. She’s just walking, smiling and staring at me! She won’t stop. No blinking, just smiling. So here’s the Asian lady, walking towards me with a bright red shirt on, smiling ear to ear and teeth covered in medal. I’m already kind of laughing in my head at this point. As we pass each other, I read her shirt. This is when I burst out laughing. Across the chest of her fluorescent red shirt in giant white letters was ‘BRACES ROCK.’
True story.
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