Start time: 7/24/2013, 5:45am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 9:47min/mile
Total Miles For July: 77 miles
Total Miles For 2013: 418 miles
Current Shoes: 12 miles

Ben, Steve, and I made a new “friend” on our run today. Another runner came up to us while we were running, asked if we were training for anything, and then WOULD NOT GO AWAY. Seriously. He talked a mile a minute about himself (do we really care that that in 2004 he got $40 off a hotel stay?) and mentioned where he works and that he’d run 54 marathons at least 100 times. Possibly more.

After a mile and a half of this Steve finally said, “Well, we don’t want to keep you and you clearly are a faster runner than us, so have a nice run.” And he didn’t get the hint and clung to us for another 4/5ths of a mile until we got to the point where we split up. And then he followed Steve in the direction of home. Sorry buddy, but better you than me.