I think if you tell yourself it's fun, it is? Something like that.

I did a 9 mile run and like a dork, did it at 1pm. It was hot It was a nice and relaxing run and the times I had breeze, it felt good.

The high point was a group of cyclists I saw. There was a mother and two young children. My route goes from a bike trail to the street to the bike trail continuation and the street bit is a bit nasty. Many people, especially with kids, tend to ride on the sidewalk. This group was on the street! The kids were in reflective vests and were wearing helmets (as was mom). Mom was behind them fairly close. When I got up to where the bike trail picked back up, the group was in the shade (bikes out of the way) stretching. Further up the trail, they started passing me. Each kid said "on your left" as they passed. Mom was a bit back, I think she was letting them ride on their own while she supervised from afar. The kids rode on the right side, they handled their bikes well, and behaved better than most adults I see though they were very young.

So, yay!!! I get so disheartened sometimes and I love it when I see parents being good role models.