With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

Found a new pirate ship to pillage on land while the ship is docked for the holiday.

Ran with MR in the humid heat. 

Rain sent me to the gym this morning.  Warmed up with 2 miles on the elliptical, then 4 miles of hills on treadmill running, and .4 miles of walking.  Finished up with 2.5 miles on a recumbent bike.

Walked around the city and put a few more miles on my legs during the day. 

Saw some great fireworks driving homw.

Ran on base with MR.  It was hot and humid.  We had frequent walk breaks.  The run distance is just what we ran.  Total distance is probably another mile+.  We saw a turtle, 2 deer, a fox, and a mess load of groundhogs.

Ran my 10K route to the p-town light.  I had a vicious dog run out onto the road at me twice.  Once on my way down to the light, and again on the way back.  I screamed for the owners to come get their dog off of me or I would shoot it.  The finally came for the dog and I was grateful that a car came and kept the dog off me.  The owners just shrugged at me, saying "what can I do?"  On the way back, it was the same exact scenario.  I finally asked the owners what I should do.

I told them I was going to run on the road, and although their dog was trying to protect it's property, the road was NOT their property, and I would shoot their dog if it came out after me again like that.  I asked them what I could do so I could be safe and their dog would be safe.  His suggestion, "just pet her."  Yeah, like I"m going to put my hand out at the beast that's barking, snarling, bearing it's teeth and has it's hair standing up on end.  NOPE.

He ended up giving me his number so I can call ahead when I'm going to be running by & they'll put the dog up.  I'd like to call ahead and let the police stop by and pick them up for being drunk & stoned before 9 am.  We'll see.

On a positive note, I did see this sad little crushed turtle on my way home.

Another hot and humid run.

No dog days today, just the dog days of summer.

morning run, then afternoon on shore leave getting some sand in my toes.

Ran around the hood, before it started raining again.  The humidity is 95% in the morning, and then it gets hot and rains all afternoon & night setting it up for another humid morning.  95% humidity makes 80 degrees unbearable.

I don't care much for competition.  

Scrubbed floors, shower, windows.  Being a happy helper makes me feel like this:

Ran at the gym on the treadmill.  Did random hills.  Wasn't the way I like to spend my runs, but at least I got a run in.

Ran & explored a new neighborhood.  Hot, humid, and got yelled at & flipped off by someone that was unhappy that I wasn't going fast enough across a marked cross-walk.  Sharing & Caring.

Ran on Ft. Meade and saw this sign where General Patton's HQ used to be:

Right after I passed this sign, the podcast I was listening to stopped playing and The Ballad of the Green Beret from my itunes came on.  Weird.

I stopped at the USO to fill up my water bottle.  And in case I haven't mentioned it yet this summer, it was HOT and HUMID!

Ran around the hood while MR rode the bike. 

Ran with Wyatt.  There was a really nice breeze that helped keep us from catching heat stroke.  Walked a while- good company, good run.

I spent most of the day in the car, but I was finally able to get out around 8 pm for a quick run.  I actually ran slowly, but it was a good run.  If it wasn't for the onslaught of flying ants and darkness, I could have run a few more miles.

One benefit of running so late is that it's cooler.  It was actually pleasant.  I just don't like the idea of waiting so late in the day to get a run in.  Too many distractions and ways to talk myself into something other than exercise.  Like the Samoas Ice Cream in my freezer.

Beautiful clouds in the east on my run.  The setting sun eventually turned them a brilliant red. 

Here's a view looking west:

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Not a bad way to end my day :-)

Pioneer day with Wyatt.  The run was supposed to be longer, but a puppy decided to follow her home.  Eventually, we resorted to walking so the dog wouldn't get hurt by a car driving by. 

Cute black puppy, but neither of us are interested in adopting it.  Hopefully a nice family will adopt him from the pound.

Missed running in SLC with my sisters today. 

Another beautiful evening run.  I took a photo, but my ipod seems to hate me and will not work anymore.  I am having withdrawals.   It's almost embarrassing. 

The run was amazing until the last half mile when the flying ants decided to fly into my face and get stuck in my sweat.  So nasty.

Nice morning run, not too humid or hot.  Got some yardwork done too.  And I learned about coffins before my ipod broke & stopped working.  Almost ironic.

Sometimes a delayed flight arrival can be a good thing.  I managed to sleep in and get in my run before my Mom arrived.  Someone decided to have a heart attack on the airplane and it set her back a few hours.  Silver linings, people.

I had a nice run while MR rode his bike along & was my waterboy.  He found an amazing treasure- a minion from Despicable Me.  I'd post a photo, but ipod is still broken.  Nothing to listen to on my run either, so MR would sing out the lyrics to the songs on his ipod as we went along.  Good times.

Now I am awake at 12:40 am because some idiots in a trailer just outside our neighborhood are having some kind of yelling competition.  Stereotypes are often based on reality.  Trailer trash is a stereotype, isn't it?  And yes, I lived in a trailer for a while 19 years ago.  Ask RAD if you don't believe me- she's got some good memories.  I'll bet bye-wing does too if they're not repressed too far down.

I recall prostitutes, drug deals, and a very sweet old woman without any teeth.

Ran with Wyatt for 5.34 and then went home and ran with MR for 3.05.  Car ride for the rest of the day on our way to see Buccaneer's graduation.

Ran on Ft Gordon.  They have a huge 3 mile packed dirt track.  It's a huge oval that runs the perimeter of the parade field.  I ran most of it, and headed off to run a big hill I'd seen the last time I was there.  It's actually a ravine, so it goes way down, then way up.  Turned around at the top and did the whole thing again on my way back to the track, where I finished the loop and headed up to the hotel.

Made it out before the heat of the day- always a bonus.  Did a few miles walking around Augusta.  Got my pix taken with the James Brown statue.  Jump back & kiss myself in the Hot Tub!! (It was humid enough & hot enough that we could have actually been IN a hot tub based on the amount of sweat dripping off of me).

Up & out early, running with the soldiers on base.  Headed to the track.  Just did one loop and headed back.  I was happy every time I passed a group running in formation.  Yeah, they were probably the injured groups, but hey, I passed someone!!

Found out my ipod was un-fixable, but the apple store in Augusta was very helpful and instead of making me buy another  $300 ipod, they sold me the same version I had for $100.  I was okay with that.  Now I just have to put all my stuff back onto the ipod.  First things first, my "Stuff you should know" podcasts.  Itunes can wait!

Graduation was today- glad to have the buccaneer back on board for a while.