Some days, it seems like we’re never going to launch.
Sigh.
First of all, BIG CONGRATULATIONS to my friend Christina, who passed her Ph.D. defense yesterday and is now Dr. Christina.
I did another 3 miles outside last night, and Jose came along again. Poor boy hadn’t run since the end of May and now I’ve dragged him through 6 miles in two days. He said he was sore. I felt a little guilty. But for the second day in a row, I love love LOVED the easy pace. This is what I need. A bit of fun. I’m still going to build my mileage — gotta be prepared for the 10-miler — but I’m not going to worry about how fast I may or may not be going.
While out on the trail, I spotted nine huge (I mean, huge, like 4 inches across) spiders within 30 feet, chillin’ out in their webs that crossed the path above my head. It was scary and yet intriguing. Where did they all come from? Why did they all choose to build their webs in that spot? Most importantly — what’s to prevent them from dropping on my head as I run underneath???
I found out that I was mentioned in the newspaper article about the Summertime Blues Tri, since I won the Athena category. Cool! I think I left too early to be quoted though. Oh well.
You may want to watch out for the spiders if you’re an early morning runner. Spiders sometimes make new webs during the night across trails. The spiders up high have learned that their webs will last several days.
The early am bikers clear all the webs from the trails at Cullen Park before the runners get out there.
Very cool about that article. You are the bomb!!
I’m really pulling for you guys getting that thing launched today. Good luck and Godspeed.