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

Nice long run for a holiday Monday.  MR was my waterboy again, so grateful for good company and for the fact that I don't have to drag around 3 waterbottles myself.  The last 2 miles I was getting hot and low on water, so he rode home and got me some sweet ice water hook-ups. 

30.8 mile bike ride with MR.  Drink break around mile 16. Wore my cool jersey from Bye-Wing.

4 miles in the morning around the hood with MR.  Supposed to be 4 in the evening too, but Wyatt and I got so busy talking that I missed the last 3 cul-de-sacs we were supposed to run.  My legs weren't complaining about ending early.

Stupid humidity and heat- why won't you let me alone?  I had 3 water bottles with me and had empited them all by the time I got home.  I sweat SO MUCH that I have to keep putting fluids back in.  I even had a bit of gatorade in one of them. 

It wasn't even really a high temperature thing, it was only in the 70's, but it was so flipping humid and the sun made everything catch on fire- including my brain.  I did get to run past the dogs that "won't bother me."  They ran out into the road again today and barked & chased me.  But this time I had my pepper spray and that seemed to help them bother me less (after a shot of red hot love).  I only regret that it was dogs who had to get sprayed and not their owner.  I'll be adding animal control's # to my cell phone and call them the next time those dogs don't "bother" me.

I did get a chance to run by one of my favorite cypress swamps.  The lilly pads are all sporting beautiful blossoms.  You can't see them very well in the photo, but they are pretty.  You can see the beaver dam, which reminds me of something Si says about beavers and the Viet Cong.  "Beavers are just like the Viet Cong.  They hide in holes and only come out at night."  All I can say is that I've never seen a live beaver out during the day. 

Greek Festival- Baklava Ice Cream Sundae, Souvlaki Gyro, Spinach & Cheese pastery, more Baklava, then home for more ice cream.  Carb loading :-)

Early morning at the ball field before our run.  A beautiful orange sun coming up through the trees a while later.  Beautiful morning- in the 60s.  Just amazing.  The kind of morning made for runners. 

I ran .23 waiting for Wyatt to show up.  Then we ran 9 miles together.  I had to hurry home and so mile 9-10 I ran ahead myself while Wyatt walked due to a side ache.  I wonder if the Apostle Paul was a runner- it would explain the thorn in his flesh.

 After hurring home to drive mini-me to a church activity, I decided to run a few more miles.  Parked next to the hilly road and ran hills.  Sidewalks almost the whole way.  Only 1.4 miles of the 7.65 were grass and dirt.  It got warm and I stopped at a BBQ restaurant for some cold water around mile 5.25.  It's amazing how wonderful a bit of cold water can work like magic in the middle of a run.

Dead cat, snake, frogs, and a huge spider waiting on the road to catch and eat me.    There were also hundreds of caterpillars everywhere.  Why do they want to crawl on the road when they have acres of grees stuff to eat where they are?