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Day 10 Gratitude - Friends Part 1 - My running buddy  

 There are not many people who opt to get out of bed on a cold Canadian winter morning before 5 am by choice. Even fewer of those people who willingly, albeit begrudgingly sometimes, then put on the corresponding requisite number of layers of clothing to the number of degrees below zero it is outside (windshield factored in exponentially), then lace up their running shoes and meet you at the designated corner to get in a few miles before the rest of the (sane) world wakes up.

I am extremely fortunate, and grateful, to have such a friend. We are well into our second decade of running together, and have run through it all; hail, snow, sleet, rain, blistering heat, mind numbing cold, marriage, pregnancies (5 between us), 3 puppies, illness, death of loved ones, good times, challenging times. I dare say there hasn't been a topic we haven't covered (much to the chagrin of our husbands) during the thousands of kilometres we have run.

So for her friendship, encouragement, egging on (in a good kind of way) and for always being at the same bat corners at the same bat time, every time, I am truly grateful for my running buddy.

Thanks P!