Too Old to Run

An amusing thing happened while running in the Full Moon run on Monday evening. When a group of runners came to a street intersection in a dilapidated industrial area of town, a homeless man was standing in the street intersection directing imaginary traffic. There were no cars anywhere around. When he saw the runners approaching, he smiled and started directing us. He waved us through the intersection until he saw me. Then he held up his hand for me to stop, and told me that I was “too old to be running”. I found the comment so amusing that I smiled the rest of the race…..and I’m still smiling now.