Sunday, May 10, 2009

Malad & Course Changes

Posted by Abby Marie at 7:55 PM

I went to Malad, Idaho last weekend. You ever heard of it? Don't worry--most people haven't. It's a small town, so small in fact that I got a tour of the whole town in just about 5 minutes. My old roommate Liz lives in Malad and she's going on a mission soon so I went to visit her. She lives up on a hill that overlooks some of the houses and fields. There are just as many cows, horses, and sheep as people, and you have never seen so many tractors. I loved sitting on Liz's porch swing looking out over the fields and animals and tractors. I also loved going to the Malad Drive-In to get a Glamour Burger and a slushee. Oh yeah, and I got a silver ring from the quarter machine. Small town life is so simple and laid back. I thrive in those kinds of situations.

Yesterday I went for a run around the neighborhood. When I left the house I had in mind a route I was going to take. It was a route I'd done before that included a good amount of up and down hill to help me train for the Wasatch Back. At the top of 4th east I was supposed to turn left to go down 2000 North. Once I got there though I just decided I would go right instead. The rest of my run was a course I chose just on the spot. It ended up being a great run, a little more challenging than the original plan but good nonetheless. If it had been a bad course at least I would know not to go there again. I was thinking that is kind of how life is. You can spend your whole life with a planned out course, one you've taken before or one you've heard is a good course from others who have taken it. But in an instant your course can change. Either the course will turn out to be a good one, or one you can learn to avoid in the future. My guess is that if you are trying to do the right things in life--no matter how many course changes you face it will always turn out to be a good one. If it is more challenging than you expected, then at least your legs will be stronger when it's time to run the actual race.




This is the tractor I watched go back and forth from Liz's porch.


Glamour Burgers!


4 comments:

Stefanie Elyse said...

I. Love. You. Come visit me. Not Jenny. :)

May 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Suzie said...

ABBY!! My mom is from Malad. I have spent many an awesome afternoon walking to and from the Malad Drive in to get some gems and a blue slushie. P.S. could you please chart my course in life, I think everything would turn out a whole lot better if you did it for me.

May 21, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Andy Porter said...

I love your run/life comparison! I think it's pretty awesome to shake life up and take a different route now and then. It's kind of exciting not knowing what's around the next bend.

May 28, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Kylee said...

Abby! I happened to click your name on Bri's blog and wahlah - I found you - hope that is ok.

You are so wise, great thoughts. It's fun to hear what you're up to. AND

guess what

I am running ragnar/wasatch back too :) Aren't you sooo excited! I'll keep me eyes out for you!

May 28, 2009 at 8:07 PM

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