We went for an early morning run around the Tidal Basin. It is truly one of my favorite places to run. There must have been some recent flooding because there was stretch of path that was completely covered in wet, silt-smooth mud. There were many squishy footprints left by the people who decided to push through. I did not. I veered sharply to the right, up the incline, and through the grass, trees, branches, and roots.
I thought to myself, “Man, it would suck balls to fall here.”
With the next step, I immediately fell:
That’s gonna hurt later.
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