5:10 AM - I receive text my running partner is bailing on me due to sick kid. It’s below the freezing mark and going back to bed would be an acceptable option at the moment. Since I’m already dressed up as the stay puff marshmallow man I decided to hit the road.
I turn to leave my house and encounter a possum. Holy cow! Have you ever noticed how really big those things are. I’m aware that the possum was more scared of me than vice versa but only by a hair. We are about 25 feet from one another and I decide to back away slowly. He never moves and I book it the other way.
After that the rest of the run was uneventful. I’m not even sure I even saw another person or car out. The rain and clouds that I went to bed with were gone and only the huge beautiful moon and stars were showing.
Thought for the day: "Running gives you freedom. When you run, you can go at your own speed. You can go where you want to go and think your own thoughts. Nobody has any claim on you." --Nina Kuscik, marathoner | 