Running: 5 miles
Days without desert: 4
Weight: no one cares
Yesterday it was sunny, 65 and I got to sleep in!!!! I ran to work in a tank top! I love spring! Anyhow you would think this would be enough to put any jaded ny'er in a good mood, but apparently this wasn't the case. I ran down along the west side highway to battery park. The path I chose took me right past the statue of liberty. It seems that every tourist in the city decided to go to ellis island. This makes running in that area super annoying. Anyhow, its usually no big deal. I run along side the millions of people and line and then cross over to the other side. But not yesterday. There was a park ranger blocking the crossover point that wouldn't let me through. I will confess that I cursed at her. To save your tender ears I won't tell you what I said, but it was a classic ny'er kind of thing to say. Wow! I can't believe I was that pissed. Its just that you can't just go for a run around here without someone being rude to you. I can't wait until my schedule changes and I can run in the early hours of the morning.
I was lucky that I didn't piss her off too much. I learned that park rangers are federal employees and that they can arrest you. I was a little frightened after I chose to cut across the line about 100 yards away from her and jump over park benches to get to a clearer path. I kept thinking well if she chases me down what will I say my name is? All I could think was Kelly Rippa. Somehow I don't think she would have bought that lie. At least I didn't have i.d. on me so I could have lied. Although, I'm a terrible liar and I'm sure I would have told her my real name and landed with a fine. That being said I think that you are required to have i.d. on "your person" at all times. Let's just hope that this isn't the start to an angry summer of running.
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