August 14, 2010

It was a wonderful gray morning in Midtown Atlanta. Wonderful because the clouds kept the temperatures in the low eighties and wonderful because we were together on the corner of West Peachtree and Ponce de Leon Ave. It was unofficial father and daughter day at Morning Run and we were lucky to have Pete and Janine DePree along with us this morning. Janine set the pace for the runners and Pete made his way through Midtown walking with his dogs. We were also joined by Jennifer a new recruit and a fellow state worker who I commiserated with at Starbucks after the run/walk. It was great to see everybody and I hope to see everyone again soon.

I pushed Paul this morning as we ran our distance through Midtown. He kept me occupied with a few songs and a game of I Spy, which is actually pretty tough to play while running, since the mystery items may be long passed before the correct guess is made.  Since we were close, I took the group by the first house we lived in when we move to Atlanta. It is along Vedado Way a few blocks from Piedmont Park. We rented a one room apartment in the house and other than a neglectful landlord, we enjoyed the year we spent there. I told Paul about the house and as he does these days he asked why? Why did we live there? Why did we move? I told him we moved because we needed more space since we were thinking about having a baby. I told him that the baby we were thinking about having as we moved from Vedado Way, ended up being him. He didn't respond to this. I imagine this sort of concept may be a little deep even for an above average 4 year old. Truthfully, the idea that I was having a conversation about the place we used to live with the major reason we ended up moving may be a little too deep for the thirty two year old pushing the stroller as well. Where has the time gone? Who was the Tim that lived in that green house on Vedado Way and how has he changed since then? All of these questions came to my mind as we finished our run on Saturday.  That's what happens when you run. You start out sight seeing and wind up learning more about what's going on inside your head  than what's going on around you.

Thanks again for joining the group on Saturday. We would love to see you next Saturday if you can make it.

Tim Frilingos