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

My shoes from Saturday's rain storm are still wet!  I'm not sure they'll ever get dry.

It was a lovely morning with much cooler air than normal this time of year.  I ran & MR rode along as the waterboy/company.  We didn't even get one house away when we saw this:

Kool-aid opposum strikes again!  He's really just a young one too.  Not 1/2 as big as the one in almost the same spot this spring . I  took the photo mostly for bye-wing.  Hope she's back on the blog today.

We took the shady route and I tried to keep the pace up.  Wasn't really sure I could do it, but I managed a 9:04 average pace, and I was thrilled.  Progressive except for one mile.  First was a 9:22 and the last was an 8:27 (for the .85).

There's a little town I ran through...here's the sign:

Can anyone beat a "population 11" sign?  Sad thing is, of those 11, I know that one of them is 
on the national sex offenders registry.  Luckily the town is only 1/2 a mile long & I can run by quickly.

Jillian shred level 2 and 20 minutes running on the beach.  Then I floated in the water and watched for sharks.  I swear I saw one! MR saw it too.  At first I thought it was a man snorkeling, but then I realized it was a fin, not a snorkel, and then there was another fin at the end of the man.... aaagggghhhh.  Shark week will do that to you....even 2 weeks later.

Last day of freedom.  Back to work tomorrow.  Back to the headlamp and reflective vest.  Hopefully it'll be cooler at 4:30 in the morning :-)

It IS cooler at 5 am than it is at 7!!  I really enjoyed the run this morning and was pleased to see the moon up to greet me as I headed out the door.

Avg pace was 9:11.  I am so happy to see paces under 10mm. 

I didn't see anything dead (or alive) on the road.  One dumb dog that barks a lot but so far seems harmless. But I did get to see a beautiful light show with the sun starting to light up the sky.  Pretty reds & oranges.  Nice back to work treat.  

Morning time, how precious.... I got to see a snake today.  Squished on the road right where I was running. I'm glad the car found him first. I just ran..slow at first, then faster.  It was progressive.  Avg pace was 9:22.  Not my best for the week, but I'm not complaining.  I'm just glad it's under 10 and my knee is behaving.

Stopped to stretch my quads (for the knee) 1/2 way through and saw a sign (photo will be posted later)... it says " Best Price On Doublewide homes!  910-4248600 0 (zero) deposit."

p90x core synergestics... it's been a while since I've done this, and it was really tough.  I guess I needed it.

On the sad, sad news front; the 24 hour ultra I've been looking forward to for 11 months sold out before I got a chance to register.  I just want to cry, throw a fit, and scream until I get a spot.  I may need to resort to pirate activities, like stealing other people's entries.  The thing that really makes me mad is that there are lots of people who sign up and only walk for an hour, then stop.  Why do they get my spot?  Why, why why??????  Maybe i can talk them into giving me the other 23 hours?

10 marvelous miles with Wyatt & the WaterBoy.  Pace was slow, but I've read that's what we are supposed to do when we go on long runs.  Usually I'd say 10 miles isn't all that long, but for the last few months, it's the longest I've gone. 

Nice run, nice weather.