Sis

Tonight I caught a ride over to my sis's house.  She invited me to stay for supper, but I really wanted (really, I did) to get out and take a run before supper.  On a whim, I invited her to come along with me. Totally surprising me, she agreed, and volunteered her kids to come along as well!  Unprepared to run right then, I borrowed Sis's exercise clothes, down to the shoes and socks, and we headed out.

We last ran together on our high school's track team in the late '80's.  Whoa.  As we started out together tonight, I commented about not being what we used to be.  Sis was the #1 girl on the team, and after she graduated, I took her place.  My mile pace record was 7:10, as I recall; her's was 7:11.  I didn't realize this till tonight.  Sis, however, had a mean long-distance pace that I could never maintain back then.

The evening was beautiful.  We headed out to a nearby park, where the road was relatively flat and deserted, and ran, strung out along the perimeter of the park, Sis's daughter riding her scooter between us all and happily chatting away till we'd drag her out of the road when a car happened along.  It was a lovely time.

So glad I have a sis I can run with again, all these years later.