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A Pachyderm Sighting!

  • Kerrie

So, let me know if this has ever happened to you?

You’re running along with a couple friends on a paved trail through the trees. You come into a clearing and out of the corner of your eye, you see an elephant.

No?

Yeah, me  neither, and you don’t really expect to see those in Western Washington, which is why I let out a little gasp.

One of the reasons I love this blog is because I meet the coolest people from it. I mean, I met Zoe and Mel and Chelsea and Jill…and basically 99 percent of my running friends because of Mom vs. Marathon.

I met Melissa and her husband, Brian, at the You Go Girl half marathon in September. She recognized me from the blog and introduced herself as we waited in line for the potties at Tully’s. Her hubs was there, too, and he took some awesome pictures of his wife, of course, and some members of Team Will Run for Ice Cream. In fact, the main photo on this blog is by him! I really love the picture because I’m smiling — I usually look like I’m going to die, and he caught me smiling as I crossed the finish line with a 1:52 PR!

This weekend, I knew I was going to be in their neck of the woods at a dog show. I threw out a notice on my Facebook page to see if anyone wanted to meet up for a run and they were game. I had to run in the afternoon because boxers usually show in the morning, and they were still willing to meet. In fact, they are rock stars because they ran in the morning, then came to the dog show, picked me up to take me to the trail and ran again with me!

I had a blast! I only ever looked at my watch to see how far I’d gone and they let me blab on and on the entire time. They essentially took me on a loop and, in about 6.5 miles, I saw the whole town by foot!

Including the elephant…and a giraffe.

Me and Melissa...and an elephant. (It's just a giant cut-out, by the way.)

And there was sun, which was like the cherry on top. When I got back, I put a still-sick T Junior down for a nap, and refueled with a dark chocolate granola bar, cabernet sauvignon and college hoops in the motorhome. Then I set up a chair and soaked up the sun — well on my lower legs, feet and face anyway.

And, in case you are wondering, Bennie won both days, so he’s officially half way to his championship. The only bad thing about this weekend was that T Junior is still fighting a fever and some really horrible congestion. The fever goes away usually during the day, but then it comes back at night, so he isn’t sleeping well. (Doctor in the morning.)

Once again, thank you so very much to Melissa and Brian for hosting me in your town!

What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen on a run? Do you meet up with other runners when you’re away from home?

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10 comments
  1. TriGirl says:
    March 25, 2012 at 8:15 pm

    Aside from the little one being sick, it sounds like a perfect day! I’ve never seen an elephant 🙂 Can’t think of the strangest thing on a run, but I did see someone riding a bike while smoking a cigar the other day!

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    1. Kerrie T. says:
      March 25, 2012 at 8:20 pm

      I’ve seen people smoking and riding a bike at the same time — just seems so weird.

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  2. [email protected] says:
    March 25, 2012 at 8:21 pm

    I think that wins as the strangest thing to see while running! I love the bloggy meet-ups! So fun!

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  3. Jill Ellingson says:
    March 25, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    love this post! Woohoo for running/bloggy friends…that turn out to be FRIENDS! Hope little guy gets better! love the picture you added to your blog…awesome!

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  4. Alma says:
    March 25, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    During the Yukon Do It Half – we passed camels! Congrats to Bennie, way to go. Glad you are able to attend these long competitions in style. That motorhome must be so nice 🙂

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  5. Brian says:
    March 25, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    It was great running with you Kerry and congrats to Bennie. Alma, I remember those camels at the Yukon Do It. One was hanging his neck over the fence by the water table when I ran by. Crazy.

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  6. Kris says:
    March 26, 2012 at 10:36 am

    Elephants!! Oh my!! I haven’t met up with others while away from home but I’m sure now that I blog I will 🙂 yay for Bennie winning!! Hope T Jr feels better soon!

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  7. Running Girl says:
    March 26, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    I have definitely never seen an elephant, but did once seen a bob cat(?) on a run at a park on the Oregon coast. I clocked my only under 7 mph mile – ever. I also threw up at the end, so it was good times. I’m pretty sure the animal was way more terrified of me than I was of it, but I wasn’t going to stick around to find out. I really was legit running like something was chasing me. 😉

    Hope your little guy feels better asap!

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  8. Ricole Runs says:
    March 26, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    That is crazy crazy! And I’m beginning to think you have the best boxer in America. Is that true??!!

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  9. Melissa says:
    March 26, 2012 at 9:11 pm

    Great recap Kerrie! We really enjoyed running with you and chatting it up – totally worth running twice 😉 This is one of the many reasons I love the running community – meeting great people like you!

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