On Saturday, I went for a long run. I decided to head from home to the Amherst Bike Path. This took me down North Forest between Sheridan Dr. and Maple Rd. At one point, there is part of a sidewalk that is being uprooted by a tree. This part of the sidewalk has to be at least a foot high. As I had already gone over 2 miles at that point, I was in cruise mode. The entire way up to that point was pretty much flat and with minimal ground obstacles. So, when you’re a kind of gliding along step no high than 6 inches, it really doesn’t take much for something like this to trip you up. Well of course, my pride was hurt. I got a few scraps and bruises. Tore my gloves but thankfully the $200 running outfit Steph and the boys bought went unscathed. After
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