July (L)egg fry running

[yellow]

Two 50s in two months, are you training for something longer??

No, I was just torn between the two events, so I decided to do both. Believe me, 50m is plenty far. I don't need to go farther. I do like the 50m distance, though. Like endurance cycling, it's important to find balance with life and training, and it's a good limit and test (although I'm not really sure what I am "testing"-- can't tell you how often I've asked myself "WTF was I thinking??"). I like 50k, too, but mentally it is tougher. I always think I should be going faster. With a 50m, I am focused on just finishing.

I am really looking forward to riding more in late summer and fall, though! My bike is still in WI getting repaired and restored, so I couldn't road ride now anyway.

[skhill]

Finally got to run today. It started raining about 7:30 am Thursday and continued with only short breaks until about 11 am Sunday, so it seemed like a good idea to take a break. There are blisters on both feet from walking the dog in wet shoes over the past few days, and I was worried about how that'd feel running but they were perfectly fine. But the calf issue I had during the race came back about 4 miles in today, and now every time I'm sitting for a while it tightens up again. Still, today's run was 6.2 miles in 52:38 so Thursday's race was absolutely an aberration.

[TrekDianna]

I am registered for an 8k at the end of the month. I have not done an (organized) 8k before. It will be interesting.

[OakLeaf]

I did 10.5 today, WAY slow because I kept stopping to take pictures. I never do that, I hate stopping during a run, but for some reason today I was just overwhelmed with the beauty of where I live. These don't do it justice, but here's a share. Wish I could've captured the birdsong and the smell of the air, too.

[TrekDianna]

Very nice! That second one looks like a gravel road I run on sometimes. It's behind a gate so no traffic.

[Crankin]

Nice, Oakleaf. I can really relate to your comment about the sounds and the smell. That was a big part of wanting to move back to New England. Although, in December, I occasionally get wistful for the smell of pinon (oy, my computer doesn't have that Spanish symbol that should be over the first n).

[OakLeaf]

Piñon?

It's option-n on a Mac.

Your other diacritical marks, all with the option key: accent grave is to the left of thè 1, accent aigu is é, umlaut is ü, circumflex is î, cedilla is ç (and you don't have to type the letter C again there), those are all the ones I know without looking up. You can always just hit the character viewer to the left of the date and time on your menu bar and select the letter or symbol you're looking for...

And there is another thing that the Android keyboard has over iOS.