One morning on my way home from a long run, I was going up the waterfront stairs and someone wrote this motivational-ish message on each step.  Made me laugh.

 

When I went back a couple days later, someone scratched out “skinny” and wrote “stronger”….perfect!

At the beginning of summer I was running up Longwood road and suddenly saw a family of deer (if you squint, you’ll see them at the top of the hill). We all just stood there looking at each other for quite awhile.  Right after I took the photo, they ran off together.

When I crawl out of bed at 5:30 am to go for a run, I sometimes, maybe often, can’t remember why I love this sport.  It’s peaceful, quiet moments like this that remind me and keep me going.  I stop living in my head for awhile and feel a part of everything that surrounds me.

 

 

Thanks to the artist/philosopher who left their thoughts and drawing on the pathway at Bayfront Park.  I ran across this during a mid summer heat wave.  Crazy humid with not a hint of a breeze.  Needless to say, it was a hard run.  Seeing this took my mind off of my discomfort and made the run more bearable.