Utilitarian Running

I have been talking a lot lately about motivation and different mental styles of running of different bloggers I read on the web. This however is a totally new approach and completely brilliant. I am going to call it utalitarian running, and all the credit for this great and very efficient line of thinking goes to Jank from Run Run Run and Cycle Too

So, once in a while, there’s just something completely out of the blue that’s nice about being a runner. For Missy and me today, that was not having to worry about transportation when we had to drop the car off at the shop for a periodic tune-up.

Here’s how it went down:

- Fridays are commuter van days. So, I took Melissa’s car (the one that’s up to date on maintenance) to the commuter lot.

- Melissa got Jake off to school, dropped Nate off at preschool, and took my car to the VW shop.

- From the VW shop, Missy did the 4 mile run (Uphill) to the commuter lot to grab her car.

- After the boys were done with school, and my car was all sorts of good again, Missy went and picked it up at the VW shop, leaving her car in the employee lot there.

- After a full day’s work, I left my stuff in the commuter van and ran the 4 miles (downhill) to the dealership’s employee lot (the shop was closed when the van gets back to the lot).

- Picked up Melissa’s car, drove back to the commuter lot, got my satchel out of the vanpool, and headed home to my astounding children and lovely wife, who made a bit of taco salad tonite.

You’ve got to admit - They have got it down!