Things that made this morning's run so beautiful:

• the cool fall air
• the vibrant colors of the trees
• kicking leaves up
• the prairie dog with a giant butt wagging his tail at me from his burrow
• the creek
• little guys playing football with dad
• the dirt trail
• the sun rays through the clouds
• the time to process the many things on my mind
• the smiles and "good mornings" of people walking and running the opposite direction
• meeting dogs
• Coldplay
• being alone
• finishing under my goal time
• a new trail
• after the first six miles, the trail spit me out at a Starbucks, so I stopped for a quick stretch/coffee/giant cup of water break
• pushing through though the last two miles were uphill
• encouraging texts from Kel
• coming home to lots of water and a long, hot shower