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About 4 ½ years ago, I decided to surprise T, by running the 3 or 4 miles to where she worked.  I planned my run so I would get there just before she got off for the day, so we could ride back home together.
     
It was a beautiful, blue-sky day, and I had my mp3 player on, listening to some energizing music, and trying to eliminate some of the traffic noise. As I was running, I passed a woman who was smiling at me. When I went by, I thought how nice it was that she was standing on the sidewalk, really enjoying the sunshine and the gorgeous weather.

Unbeknownst to me, the woman I had just passed was T.  She got off work early, and driving home, had seen me running.  So she turned her vehicle around, and was waiting for me at the corner before the bridge.

As mentioned, I ran right by her.  She wasn’t expecting me to not recognize her, so in shock, she called after me. But I couldn’t hear her, as I had my mp3 player  on and my music playing. When I didn’t stop or turn around, she took off running after me, only to pull a calf muscle on her second or third step. At first, she didn’t even know that was what happened. As she put it, it felt like someone had thrown a big rock square at the back of her calf.
 
She limped back to her vehicle and drove back to work to meet me. She got there just as I ran into the parking lot. I was totally oblivious to what had just occurred.

Imagine my shock and embarrassment, running within a foot of her and not recognizing her.

Imagine her surprise at the recognition of how blind I really was…

How ‘bout it?
     

Vision Runner

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