People can become hooked on all sorts of things. Some of them are harmful to their health and relationships such as alcohol, drugs or smoking. Others are fairly harmless like Diet Coke, running and pumpkin spice lattes. (I don't know why that is a thing, but to those who love pumpkin and coffee, they LOVE this time of year and Starbucks has been able to cash in.) Deb likes to say that we run in the dark to hide our addiction joking that we should be ashamed of our inability to quit running and our need to go several times a week. I'd argue that I could quit anytime, but the rest of the people in my life wouldn't like the resulting personality shift and beg me to get a few miles in. LOL! Just kidding...maybe. I wondered how much of an addict I might be a few years ago when we had stopped at a convenience store for a pitstop on a fifteen mile training run. A random stranger asked how far we were going and I told him seven miles. Why on earth would I lie??? The fellow might have thought three or fifteen miles were equally difficult or crazy. Since that day, I have wondered a little about my level of addiction, but I digress. When I can't be running, I also love to watch other people run. and cheer for my favorites. We had been cross-country parents for the past ten years following the Sartell Sabres and UMD Bulldogs. The boys finished their last CC races in November of last year, so that piece of our autumn was missing this year. This week, I have the opportunity to see more family members running! Stephanie's kids, my niece and nephew, have their conference meet on Tuesday and I'll be traveling down to watch them. I can't wait to cheer loud for my favorite Thunderhawks. The kids sometimes find their parents extremely embarrassing, but I'm allowed a pretty wide berth along with Grandma and Grandpa. Oh, the joys of parenting teens! True addiction is not funny, so I do apologize to anyone who is struggling with a serious problem that may take offense to my joking about being hooked on running. I think most runners would admit to being dependent on their runs for fresh air, mental clarity and physical well-being and would feel a tremendous sense of loss if they had to quit cold turkey. I can't wait for Tuesday to get my "fix" of running spectating while cheering and running to different spectating locations around the course.
What events are you enjoying this fall? Maybe it's cross-country or football; maybe it's the apple orchard or pumpkin patch. Let us know in the comments how you'll be enjoying the too-short autumn season. We in Minnesota know, winter weather usually comes in well ahead of the first official day of winter in December. I have already pulled out my winter clothing and our readers will be happy to know that my sweaty hats, headbands and mittens have been making their appearance in the laundry often so as not to stink! Happy running--Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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