Getting Started

Tonight Pat decided he was going to start running.

So after a trip to Best Buy to get his music "gear" (don't you usually wait and make sure it sticks before you invest in all the gear??!!)

And lots and lots of talking about running.

He was ready to run. 

He told me, he and Dan were going to run together, over the phone. 

To which I said, "How will you talk and run?"  And he said, "My Headphones." and I said you don't have a mouthpiece to speak into.  To which he said "Right, I guess Ill just call him before and after."

OH DEAR

And by this time it was well after dark, so he got his reflective gear on and told me, "If I am not back in an hour...wait another hour.  This could take a while."

OH DEAR!

 

Oh and one more thing, he thought it would be funny to take a before photo. 

So here is his before photo. 

Oh man.  When he goes, he goes all in.

Love the face. 

He said that is how before faces always look. 

He planned it that way so his after picture can look happy and joyful.

Have I mentioned, OH DEAR.

 

So 5.5 miles and 1 hour later, he came back home smiling from ear to ear, showing me his "Map My Run" route. 

I actually questioned him thinking there was no way he made it that far.  But he assured me it was legit.

Apparently tonight he is going out again. 

Oh DEAR