I'm currently training for an upcoming half marathon (WHY did I think training in the summer would be a good thing?), and headed out this morning for a 10 mile run. About halfway through, the water levels in my bottles were already dangerously low... it was incredibly humid. I started scouting for a person watering their lawn, so I could beg a refill.
I saw a nice-looking older lady watering her flowers, and asked if I could please top off my water bottles with her hose. She laughed and said "I can do better than that! Let me get a bottle for you!" and ran inside (to my protests, I swear that hose water was more than fine with me!). She gave me a chilled bottle of water and we chatted for a few minutes. It turns out that she keeps bottles specifically for exhausted-looking walkers, joggers, and service people.
What a lovely lady!!! She saved my run (I didn't see anyone else outside with a hose in the remaining 5 miles) and kept me from getting into trouble miles from home.
I'm considering sending a nice plant... would that be weird?
