I walk daily with my friend Susie. I strap Amelia into my purple jogging stroller that my old neighbor gave to me and she straps her son Elliott into a stroller and we walk. Our route is the same every day; we start walking at her house, walk up the Granada street bridge, over the Halifax river, around the parks and back to her house.
Today while we were on top of the bridge we saw dolphins in the river! The Halifax river is brackish water so salt water creatures play there as well as fresh water creatures. My best guess is that some of the dolphins were babies, they were so small.
I'm motivated to do something more for myself than just take care of kids. I love my children and I love that I get to care for them and nourish them, but I also yearn for something more than children's activities and cleaning. Since I'm so into running lately, I've been thinking maybe I should organize a local race.
In Utah, where I used to live, there are races all the time. For the past four or maybe five years on Thanksgiving day I have run the Turkey Trot 6k in City Creek Canyon, in Salt Lake City. This year, Joe and I couldn't find a race, so we ran our own 6k. We plotted a trail on GoogleMaps and ran it with our kids in a stroller. It would be cool if I could replace that independent run with a race that I plan and execute... a big one that is timed. That would be awesome. When I was in college I planned way bigger events with ease, perhaps my motivation to run regularly will also motivate me to do something else for myself.
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