Sunny Money

It's May Day!! Today, I felt like I ran around a May Pole...of sorts, anyway.

I ran 3 miles today in the beautiful sunshine. The Tulips are colorfully blooming everywhere and the Lilacs and Magnolias smell amazing. It's a great time to be outdoors in Oregon.

Yep, I'm tapering for a race on Saturday (Hagg Lake 10K). I think I had a smile on my face the whole time I was running today. It was a super smooth little run. I felt perfect. My right leg (hello, Piriformis Syndrome) and my right foot (I've diagnosed myself with mild tendonitis) have been nagging since the Vernonia Marathon which was a little over 2 weeks ago. BUT....not today. Everything, felt good. I like that. A LOT.

I got to run today at an absolutely wonderful hour, like 11:30 am, because I got cancelled at work due to "low census." My job consists of working directly with patients. When there aren't any patients, well, then there isn't any work.  It's a direct relationship. Like I tell my kids, "If you eat all the Popsicles, then we won't have any for you to eat later."  Luckily, these times are rare (not at all like being without Popsicles our house). Just like last week, I took full advantage of my forced "time off" from work today and enjoyed seeing the sun during my runs---as opposed to seeing the moon during my typical early morning escapades.

Like a lot of people around us, we've been working on our house...painting, gardening, spring cleaning. Having a day off was nice for that too. It might not be nice when I get my paycheck, but well, Oh well. 

My haul from my 10 miler last weekend.

Besides, I found $2 the other day on one of my Saturday 10 mile runs. I've heard of people finding money during their runs, I've never been that lucky before. My kids were excited at first, "you found a two dollar bill!?!?" Well, no. I did find a single $1 bill, and then about 200 feet later, I found another $1 bill. Not nearly as worthy of the attention, but as close as I will ever get to being paid to run.

That might even beat the time I saw a Snapping Turtle on the Fanno Creek Trail during a run. Well maybe.

It's fun to have a sunny run, but even better to have a run that's pain-free AND finding money is icing for me.

Happy May!

What about you?

Have you ever found or seen anything interesting during a run. What was it?

Are you enjoying getting out in this sunny Spring weather? Well, if it's nice where you are, anyway. :)