Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow American revelers. Happy Thursday, everybody else. I'm thankful to not wake up to news of another mass shooting event - knock on wood.
All the sons are planning to come over later, I've got a large breast... simmering in the slow cooker, and I will eventually get to work on my candied sweet potatoes. I pretty much wear all the toques in this kitchen's French brigade, so expectations are not too high. But there will be food for which to give thanks.
This morning, I ran in the local Thanksgiving Day Run - 4 miles of fun near downtown.
It was a lovely morning for it: temps in upper 30's, slightly overcast, kinda breezy. The snow and ice from last week's storm is mostly all gone, so that was nice. Race results aren't yet available, and I wasn't really "racing" this year, just there to be part of the pack. It was a good fun time.
And a pack it was. We were shoulder to shoulder for the entire first mile it seemed, then the elbow room slowly opened up. I know my pace was pretty slow for those first couple miles of running like one sheep among many, but I managed to pick off a few contenders for the second half.
I'd been running with a content group during a good portion of the back stretch. A woman to my left was running with a guy and acknowledging a few spectators here and there. I don't really know any well-known runners or well-known people in general since we moved here at the onset of the pandemic. But she seemed to be someone people might know.
At one point, we went by a group of people cheering on the side of the road for us random strangers, and the guy running with "Miss Popularity" pointed to her and said, "she's the mayor!"
I glanced over at the woman, decked out in running clothes, a bright fleece beanie, and sunglasses (coulda been anyone). I don't know much about our mayor, but I at least know her name and have seen her picture on some propaganda promoting our bicycle friendly city - her happily commuting via bicycle.
"Oh, so I've been running with the mayor", I pondered to myself.
Then I sped up. It's likely the only time I will choose to take on the mayor - singlehandedly at least - and win.
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Linking up this week with Mama Kat for the prompt:
1. Happy Thanksgiving! How will you be spending your holiday?
6 comments:
Happy Thanksgiving! Congrats on beating the mayor!
Cool! Good for you! Happy Turkey day!
Happy Thanksgiving.
I only walked 2 miles today. Lazy.
And I saw no one that was famous or not in a car. :-)
Day's almost over here. Hope your Thanksgiving was a good one! Congratulations on beating the mayor!
Family and love, food is just an extra bonus.
You outran the mayor! lol That is so funny. It's like a sitcom episode.
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