i tried to ignore the signs, but then i wised up and realized that if i want to remain active during
my silver haired years, i need to listen to my body and stop the long runs.
i can and will however do smaller runs, so when my girlfriend aspen and i learned of a run in
beautiful balboa park just before christmas, we thought it would be the perfect way to burn a
few calories we've accrued from drinking those seasonal starbucks drinks and spend time together
with our boys. she has two sons that are close in age to finn and scout, and all have known each
other since preschool.
we signed up early, i picked up all our bibs and met the gang at the park to run 3 miles.
we all wore green and with a crisp morning, we were all excited about the run. though we
started together, the boys quickly raced ahead and said they'd meet us at the finish line.
we smiled and joked about the day days of pushing the boys in jogging strollers, and later
urging them along to keep up with us. sometime, in the recent past, things flipped and we
are the ones having to keep up with them.
we had a wonderful morning, stopping to get a lite breakfast afterwards and talked about
making this a new holiday tradition. the boys cheered at that idea so we plan on being
back out there next year.
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| mason (9), jackson (11), finn (12) and scout (9), aspen + angela |
