Beack 10k humpday

COVID-19 The RONA Era

Yesterday was so sunny and bright. Today is rainy, cool, and gloomy. The 10k a.m. humpday run will happen. I drove to Revere Beach because I know for a fact that is a 10k run and I wouldn’t have to try to figure things out. This time running on the beach was different. There were orange barrels in all the parking spots to prevent people from parking on the beach. For most of my run it was me, the barrels, and the beach. Slowly I did see people walking and running on the beach. Not to the extend that I would have normally seen them if we were not in the Rona era. There were a couple of people with mask, everyone stayed at a 6 feet distance. Now that I have learned, I would wave my hand and say good morning. Some people ignored me or wouldn’t even give me eye contact. They were so focused on looking straight ahead that they didn’t even turn their heads.

One couple, I wasn’t sure if they were black, Latinx, or Afro-Latino, looked at me and smiled big when they saw me and I said good morning. I think it was because they saw my brown face also they might have read my Black Girls Run hat as well. Besides that couple and myself, I can count the racial minorities that I saw running/walking on the beach this morning.

While running my stupid running app kept stopping and pausing on me while running. I know I need a new phone and I need to reinstall the app. It said I ran 5.65 miles, that is incorrect. That was annoying and edition I received a call from my cousin. I didn’t answer it because I thought someone has died but let me finish two more miles before I called her back. Selfish? I had to mentally get ready. Calling her back 20 minutes wouldn’t make a difference is someone had died. She left me a message, when I listen, she just wanted to say Hi because she was thinking about me Whew…… The early morning and late, late phone calls from family and friends that I don’t hear from normally makes me nervous.

miles, barrels, and mask