Oh brother...

The run yesterday at Seward started out.... um... not so good. I did my 10 minutes out and on my ten minutes back - I started feeling some shin pain. I took it easy and ended up walking nearly the next mile. I started picking up the pace... and walked/ran for the 2.5 mile loop around Seward. On the second loop, my coach ran with me and I found myself losing focus on the pain and gaining more focus on the fun. I started to relax as it started to rain. He stayed with me quite awhile and then went out to look for other stragglers such as myself... and then there was the water stand at the end of the loop - I felt like it came out of nowhere. I didn't feel that it had taken me long enough and I couldn't have gone far enough for this to be true? I felt empowered... and then realized that they were packing up the water station and that I was one of a handful of the last people for the day. I felt a little defeated... and thirsty. I said my goodbyes and ran out to my car... to find that someone had broken my passenger side window and stolen my purse/bag from the car. What a bummer. I sat and waited for the police - my teammates were amazing and waited with me until Kate arrived. We waited for the police, but to no avail, 2 hours later they were still nowhere in sight. We gave up and drove the care home after knocking the rest of the glass out. What leads someone to do something like that? How could someone have know that I had that bag stuffed under my dashboard with a black coat on top? Was someone watching me the whole time? I felt so violated. It isn't the window, the bag, the hassle, or the money... it is the principle and I felt so horrible. Just a warning to you other walkers/runners/etc be careful of leaving belongings in the car. No matter how safe it looks and how many people are around... you never know. Anyhow, I'm not defeated.

I picked things right up today - went and bought some new runnings shoes at Seattle Running Company, got some good exercise, brought the pooch to the park, met up with friends, had a good dinner, and I'm ready for a workout in the morning. I guess perspective is everything. My window will be fixed in the morning, I was not injured, and at the end of the day... it will all work out.