{"id":8396,"date":"2016-06-21T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T02:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=8396"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:51:19","slug":"losing-traction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=8396","title":{"rendered":"Losing traction"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I climbed the mountain trail last Thursday, my time was even faster than the previous week<\/a> – 45 minutes up! And 31 minutes down. I was pushing, almost running in places, and the temperature was almost 90 degrees, so I was soaked with sweat.<\/p>\n

I remember having a funny feeling on my foot on one of the down steps. It caught me for a second, but I went on.<\/p>\n

Today I picked up my hiking boots to check the tread. These boots aren’t that old, but a few weeks ago, one part of the tread had separated and needed to be repaired with barge cement.<\/p>\n

I saw that now the tread had started coming away in a couple new places, so I sat down with a toothpick and the glue.<\/p>\n

Got one boot done, checked the other.<\/p>\n

The entire heel tread piece of that left boot was gone. All that remained was the spongy gray outer.<\/p>\n

Hard to believe I hiked on a boot that was missing a heel. Didn’t even notice it in my rush to make that great time on the trail.<\/p>\n

Made me think about what other hazards I might have missed when I was moving too fast.<\/p>\n

Last Friday I was driving to Atlanta when my sister Chris called. I hadn’t talked to her in quite awhile, so I answered. I was on country roads at that point, and figured I’d get off the phone before I got to the freeway.<\/p>\n

The conversation covered some intense personal ground, though, and I didn’t want to hang up. So I kept talking. I have earbuds, my hands are both on the wheel, and I know this freeway well.<\/p>\n

But I’m driving 75 mph and there’s a lot of traffic.<\/p>\n

I missed my exit. Didn’t notice it at all until I had\u00a0passed it. Barely got over the four lanes to catch the next exit.<\/p>\n

They say it’s normal to be on auto-pilot when you’re traveling a familiar path. The brain is being efficient.<\/p>\n

I say it’s how you end up with a broken leg – or in a morgue.<\/p>\n

Today’s penny is a 2014. That’s the year I got these boots.<\/p>\n

I didn’t start wearing them until last fall – because I’d forgotten I had them. They were in a box on the top shelf of my closet. I looked at them hundreds of times and didn’t see them.<\/p>\n

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