She gets it :)

My mom has been running a fair amount lately: she actually ran a 5K PR on Sunday! For her birthday I sent her John Bingham’s “No Need for Speed” and she stayed up late the next night reading it 🙂 This morning I had the nicest email in my inbox, and I agree with her completely:

One of the things in the book you gave me was why people run. I realized I run because I love it. I always come home feeling good about myself. The other is the people I run with. It was really nice yesterday after the run to meet three other ladies from our clinic who also ran and even though we didn’t all run together, we were happy to see each other and happy that everyone finished and had done well. I actually ran with a lady from the clinic that I didn’t find easy to get to know but  really enjoyed my day with her. We went in later and had our little snack together (with dad as well:)) and enjoyed her company. When we were leaving I thanked her for running with me and she gave me a hug. The people are just so nice that run.(one’s in my clinic anyway:).