Thursday 3 Mile Run

Ran just 3 miles this morning. It cooled off a bit, so it was great weather for running. Felt pretty good this morning. I ran faster than Tuesday and Wednesday, but took walk breaks at each mile just to keep from overdoing it. My knees are a little bit sore tonight, but not too bad. They hadn't really hurt until we went and walked around the mall tonight for a while.

Anyway, I can't believe what happend at the end of my run this morning! When I get back to the driveway, I always do a cool-down walk and some stretching. I walk past our house and down to the school, then turn around and walk back past our house again and go 3 or 4 houses down and stretch a bit before walking back home. Well, this morning I stopped in front the house 4 doors down from us and started stretching out my calves on the sidewalk.

Suddenly I hear someone start shouting, "Hey, quit that! Move on! Get out of here!" Or something to that effect. To which I replied, "I'm sorry, 'mam, I'm just stretching." So I walked on down the sidewalk and stopped in front of the next house to finish stretching. I just couldn't imagine why someone would get so upset at me for stretching on the sidewalk? I did't make sense.

Well, I finished my stretching rather quickly and began to walk back past this house, but not on the sidewalk. This time I walked in the street so as not to cause anymore offense, or whatever. I did't even know the woman was still there, but suddenly she starts yelling again. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself!" "What did I do?", I replied. "Oh, you know what you did! You were peeing in my front yard! You should be ashamed of yourself!"

Needless to say, I was stunned at the accusation. Peeing? In her yard? I tried again to explain that I had just finished running and was only stretching out my legs, but it was no use. She had made up her mind. She kept telling me to just "move on", so I did. Heck, for all I know she could have been packin' heat, I really didn't want to find out. So home I went.

I was so mad too. I mean, I've just walked past my house twice. If I had needed to "relieve" myself, I could have done so in my own bathroom. Why would she accuse me of something so offensive? I just couldn't understand. I've been living 4 houses down from this woman for the past 7 years, and this is how our first conversation goes?! Man.

I finally calmed down after I told Wendy about it. I told a couple of the guys at work about it and we all laughed. But in the end, I'm still upset that someone has basically accused me of indecent exposure. What should I do? Maybe I should write her a letter? I don't know.

Anyway, no running tomorrow. Since we have the week off for the Wellness challenge at work, I'm gonna take a true rest day and do no exercise at all. I need to rest up for the 5k Saturday night, and of course, for the 9 mile run on Sunday.

See ya!