My morning commute is 20 miles long, and I try to leave home between 7:25 and 7:30. I know I'm going to be on time if I pass the Wal-mart at 7:36. Another time cue is The 7:40 Hardcore Running Woman. I wish I had a photo of her, but she runs along a 55 mph highway, against traffic on the gravel just inches from the road, and I feel like I'd be in danger of hitting her. Rain or shine, that woman is running north on Highway 130 (well, except when it's -25 or something; I assume she runs on a treadmill those days). Her face is contorted into that miserable-looking runner's expression, and her hands are a little lower than breast level, semi-floppy (since Jeff asked for clarification, it's the hands that are semi-floppy). The 7:40 Hardcore Running Woman is Asian, of indeterminate age, and in phenomenal shape, but it took me a while before I decided whether she was male or female. Her face and haircut are androgynous, and since she probably has .05% body fat and no breasts or hips, that's confusing too. Honestly, as awful as it sounds, she reminds me of the Vietnam napalm girl more than anything else.
You think like a writer. :)
Posted by: PJ | April 01, 2009 at 08:04 AM
Aww, thank you.
Posted by: Kelly | April 13, 2009 at 08:22 AM