That has not happened for at least 10 years.

For years I had been slipping in my discipline to run regularly. As a final ditch effort, I joined the running group I used to run with some 15 years back. Well, it is not the whole group per se. A few of the old runner friends who still get together to run.

That has made all the difference. Not only am I running lot more regularly now (today was fourth successive day of run), the peer pressure also has improved my speed. Valerie pushed me to go the extra mile and make it a 4 mile run today and we did it at a sub-10 min mile.

My solo runs are far slower.

Finished my run and sat down outside the coffee shop with a cup of tea. Looked up and this is what I saw. The sky turned intense orange for about a few minutes and then quickly faded away. That was a quiet moment of bliss watching nature unfold upon itself.

Seemed like as good an excuse as any to the four of us to head out for a run!

Have to admit … the body was a bit lethargic today. But nothing beats getting up early in the morning and getting out in nature before the world wakes up.