While watching Monday night football with Chris and Tony, I
brought up the fact that I beat Tony to Cool the day before, even though he
took a slightly longer running route. Both Chris and I were delighted that I
beat him. After that discussion was over, Tony told me the trail he wanted to
run for the next day and I agreed.
Tuesday is our typical running day. As we were heading out
to run this morning, he told me he would race me to the wooden bridge at Brown’s
bar. Again, he knew that I would likely take a shorter trail. I asked him why
he didn’t tell me the night before that he wanted to race. He replied that he
didn’t want me to worry and lose a night’s sleep over it. Then he admitted that
he wanted to see how he would feel in the morning.
Well, on our race, I heard him coming up behind me, and he
caught me prior to the wooden bridge. He was pleased and I was less pleased. I
might add that there was plenty of laughter on Monday evening and Tuesday
morning regarding our discussion. In essence, we laugh a lot at our
idiosyncrasies. Further, Chris was about a 2: 25 marathoner; and Tony and I are
still waiting to experience the “runners high.” As far as we are concerned, it’s
simply a myth. We all laugh about that also.
On Another note, I was pleasantly informed that I was
invited to be on The Warren Pierce Show, Saturday, November 29th at
7:50 AM on station WJR. For those that don’t know, I’ll be talking about my
book “Bo’s Warriors-Bo Schembechler and the Transformation of Michigan Football”
prior to the Michigan, Ohio State rivalry game. Hopefully, Michigan will pull
the upset like they did 45 years ago against the Buckeyes. Make sure you tune
in Saturday morning to the show.
I must admit that I
grew up in Detroit, Michigan, listening to WJR, since my family didn’t receive
a television set until I was roughly an adolescent. So, I listened to the radio
stations WJR, WWJ and WXYZ. Anyway, I’m likely to have many dreams this week
that pertain to Detroit.
In the meantime, keep moving, smiling, laughing, bonding,
loving and appreciating. Don’t forget, Go Blue!
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