And so reads the first entry for my current marathon training log. It seems no matter what I do, I end up having a story about it. My Mother used to say that my Dad, who was an Airline Pilot, could travel half way around the world and when he was asked, he would always say his trip was "uneventful." I on the overhand, could walk down to the mailbox and would return with a story.
My sister and I talked about this phenomenon. She too seems to always have something happening to her during her early morning runs. Be it a car accident, a nervous racoon or odd looking runner, we always witness something that the rest of the world seems to sleep through. So, now that we are back to marathon training we thought we would try to keep up with the blog again and jot some of these stories down.
So now to explain the title: My current marathon plans call for running on Thanksgiving Day. This seems like a great idea, a local marathon and I already feel like I am in pretty good running shape. However, when I talked my sister into it, and began planning our training, we realized the first week of our training is during our family vacation. We continued slightly daunted...we would just load up the beginning of the week and struggle through a few hungover humid runs in Mexico. So with no regard for the proper sequence of my training plan, I went out for a 9 miler today. 
On the return leg during a sharp inhale a giant bug flew into my mouth. When I say big, I am not exaggerating. I could clearly hear him in contact with Hartfield-Jackson Approach Control. I immediately gagged, then spit. I looked down to make sure the bug was there and not still in my mouth. This giant bug looked back at me with a surprised look that must have matched my own. He looked to be of the stinging variety and he also looked to be mostly in tacked. So I started running again before he came to his senses and realized that he missed a grand opportunity to sting. Luckily, I had my fuel belt, so after a swish of Gatorade, I was back up to speed. Well one run down many more to go.
