A run through the cemetery
S and I had a pre-race breakfast here this morning before walking to the cemetery on Metairie Road for the 5K Run Through History sponsored by New Orleans Track Club. I woke up in that spriteful way – it was 5AM – but really it was 6AM – but no matter – I had plenty of time to get the dogs taken care of and walked before we headed out – I was excited to be running, to be going to a run with a friend, and I remember distinctly saying to myself “I wish there was a race every Sunday!” – and it ended up being a good time – the race, the friend, the larger breakfast afterwards, the conversation – I felt blessed in many ways – for the body that enables me to run like I do, for the mind that helps me engage with another like mind, and to live surrounded by the beauty that New Orleans always affords me.