Other runners are always inspiring me.

I never thought that I would inspire someone else.

But I have, I think.

I have been playing Mah Jongg for 5 years.  I am the only runner in the group. (There are 8-12 of us… many do play tennis.)

We play on Friday nights.  Usually on Saturday, I either have a long run or a race.  That means I don’t drink and sometimes I even leave early.

My Mah Jongg friends always pretend to be interested in my running and races.  But I know they think I am crazy.

Then last week, Natalie, says during Mah Jongg game:  “I think I want to start running.”

Natalie is in the middle in both pictures:

I am thrilled and tell her about No Boundaries and how I started running. I offer to help her train and/or run  with her.

Then on Facebook, there was a post from FleetFeet about signing up for the spring No Boundaries program. So I told Natalie about it.

Look at the email I just got:

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Darlene,

I signed up for FleetFeet yesterday….very excited.

Natalie

I’m excited too.

She starts the program April 7 and her first 5K is June 21. (I’ll keep you posted on her progress.)

So maybe I inspired her.

It will be fun to have another runner in our mah jongg group.

Happy Running! Have you even inspired someone to start running.