Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Slow and Steady

Temperature in the mid-80s today but lots of humidity. I took it slow, listened to Spanish lessons, and went 5 miles with the pre-planned walks. A lot of sweat, but as always it's worth it to get out and enjoy a run.

Monday, June 28, 2021

Car Problems

A few days late posting this on my Saturday morning run, but first let's back up a little bit. I was planning on running Thursday, had my stuff out and intended on going during the morning since I had time. Unfortunately my daughter, who is on a road trip, had car problems. I ended up spending most of the day buying a car from a dealership in Wyoming. Fortunately we live in a world where I could talk to them from Texas, view options online, and sign documents over the internet. 

Which brings us to Saturday, when I ran 6 miles that morning. The temperature was in the low 80s but there was a very good breeze out of the south, as well as some cloud cover. Due to those conditions I broke my rule about walking every mile and ran continuously until the five-mile mark, at which point the sun started peeking out and making things a little uncomfortable. All in all a good run, though.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Hello, Bobcat

Nothing like getting up close and personal with a bobcat. I decided to do the hill run today. Even though it's mid-June, the temperature was only 85 degrees this afternoon. I took the opportunity to go west instead of east for my 5 miles.

Once you get up Ridge a bit there's a path that descends down to the creek and under the bridge before hugging the backend of a neighborhood. It's a nice path with good shade at this time of day. The grass along the path has grown up a bit and the trees need to be trimmed back, with some low branches haning particularly low and into the path. On my return route I came upon a bobcat that was jus toff the path and about four feet away from me. He stopped and looked at me. I looked at him and kept running, with a few glances over my shoulder. I guess he thought I wasn't worth the meat on my bones. Whatever the case, I'm glad he didn't react to me as a threat when I passed him. Kind of weird to see him so close to a neighborhood, but I've seen stories of them around this area. I'd be okay to not see another.

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Back from Cabo

Spent the last week in Cabo san Lucas, and no, I did not run while I was there. I tried to keep a rein on the food intake but I wouldn't say I was entirely successful in that regard. We arrived home late last night, and I planned on running this morning to get back into the swing of things. Fortunately the humidity is down from the last time I ran. When I went out today it was not even 90 degrees yet, and heat index only added about three degrees to the total. I went 5 miles with a walk every mile. Felt pretty good to be out exercising again. It was really nice to do nothing all day, every day, on vacation, but real life is about to intrude. Gotta go make the money so we can go on vacations.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Plenty of the Humidity

The weather app said it was 90 degrees and felt like 102 when I went out for today's run. And I'll be honest, I thought about not going. Work has been super busy this week and kicked my butt, and being lazy would have gone right along with how I felt. Then I realized I need to get out and sweat a little bit, so that's what I did. With the humidity that high I walked plenty and often. Of the 5 miles, I probably walked at least 3/4 of a mile, and maybe a little bit more. Being that I'm still ramping up for summer since overall it's been unseasonably mild lately, that seemed to be the right choice.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Even Moister

More rain over the weekend, including a big thunderstorm yesterday. That meant today was humid plus a temperature around 90 degrees. The heat index was about 98. I ran the hill route and walked for a minute every mile, plus a few seconds extra. About .8 miles from home I walked an extra minute or so due to what I think was elevated heart rate. Huh, imagine that. Anyway, I got in my 5 miles and some badly needed exercise.

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Enjoying the Humidity

It rained into this morning, but cleared enough for me to go run by 11. Unfortunately the sun started coming out in spurts, meaning that the humidity spiked. I went 6 miles, shortening the planned distance by a mile and then walking at the mile markers starting halfway through. The path was a little flooded in places, but that didn't seem to stop plenty of folks from being out. I missed Thursday's run due to a concert, which was really nice since it's been awhile. Today is also a music festival, and it sure is nice to see live music again.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Another Hill Outing

Once again I went for the hills. This was somewhat because of rain the past couple of days and there is probably flooding along the more level path. I had bad allergies again on Sunday, which then kind of knocked me out yesterday. I was still feeling the effects today, and of course thought about doing a really short run. But then I realized the temperature was only 70 degrees and I'm not going to get many more days like this. I went the full 5 miles I'd planned on running and overall felt good. It would be nice if the allergy attacks would go away. This is the worst year I've had in a long time.