Running with Joy

And Happiness. And Satisfaction.

Today I ran ten beautiful miles on the Towpath with my friend Joy, whom I haven’t seen in weeks. Joy and I used to run together regularly in the morning and on Sundays, but life got in the way for us, and it has been a while. I was surprised and happy when she responded to my invitation to run with a “See you there!”

I’ve been worried about a bit of weight gain lately--food will always be a struggle for me--and I haven’t run more than nine miles at a time in the past few months, so I wondered if today would be difficult. It turns out that it was easy-peasy. I felt like I could have easily put in a few more miles.

I attribute this to several factors:

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