Dev on Running.

Kicking the crap outta life, one mile at a time.

  • 22nd October
    2011
  • 22
Awesome 12 miles done with my new friend Lindsey in the pouring rain! 1:54:57, 9:33 pace. Lindsey, who is from Connecticut, emailed me earlier this week to ask about running routes in Seattle since she was heading here for a work conference. Since I LOVE making new running friends, I invited her on my long run and she agreed! I planned to meet her at her hotel downtown at 7:30 a.m., so I was up at 6:15 and on a bus at 7. Meanwhile, it was raining like hell the entire time, so I figured Lindsey might back out, and I would just meet her to say hi and then go it alone. This is what she texted me as I made my way downtown: “I’m ready, girl. Rain jacket on. Running in the rain just makes us more badass, right?” I LOVE RUNNING BUDDIES! Of course, Lindsey turned out to be adorable and super-awesome. We talked and talked and had ourselves an awesome run around Lake Union, plus an out-and-back to get us to 12. Oh, and she ran a 4:20 marathon last weekend. No big deal. And she runs sub-1:40 half-marathons. Yeah. Nevermind that I stepped in a huge, four-inch-deep puddle before we even started running (no blisters, holla!) or that we got soaked with rain and sweat — I think we both had a blast. I swear that I’ve made more friends through running than anything else. My policy is that I don’t run with strangers, because if you’re a runner, you’re already my friend*! *Unless you’re also a murderer. (But Miss Lindsey is actually the opposite — she’s a public defender.) I almost definitely would have stayed in bed this morning if it weren’t for Lindsey, so big thanks to her for braving the rain with me!

Awesome 12 miles done with my new friend Lindsey in the pouring rain! 1:54:57, 9:33 pace.

Lindsey, who is from Connecticut, emailed me earlier this week to ask about running routes in Seattle since she was heading here for a work conference. Since I LOVE making new running friends, I invited her on my long run and she agreed!

I planned to meet her at her hotel downtown at 7:30 a.m., so I was up at 6:15 and on a bus at 7. Meanwhile, it was raining like hell the entire time, so I figured Lindsey might back out, and I would just meet her to say hi and then go it alone.

This is what she texted me as I made my way downtown:

“I’m ready, girl. Rain jacket on. Running in the rain just makes us more badass, right?”

I LOVE RUNNING BUDDIES!

Of course, Lindsey turned out to be adorable and super-awesome. We talked and talked and had ourselves an awesome run around Lake Union, plus an out-and-back to get us to 12.

Oh, and she ran a 4:20 marathon last weekend. No big deal. And she runs sub-1:40 half-marathons. Yeah.

Nevermind that I stepped in a huge, four-inch-deep puddle before we even started running (no blisters, holla!) or that we got soaked with rain and sweat — I think we both had a blast.

I swear that I’ve made more friends through running than anything else. My policy is that I don’t run with strangers, because if you’re a runner, you’re already my friend*!

*Unless you’re also a murderer. (But Miss Lindsey is actually the opposite — she’s a public defender.)

I almost definitely would have stayed in bed this morning if it weren’t for Lindsey, so big thanks to her for braving the rain with me!

  1. rfgr-26 said: Running friends are THE BEST!
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