1:04:46. Because of my snake encounter last week I am trying to find safer trail runs until late October (when summer *may* end here). Today I ran some trails near the Pima College track - they were pretty nice, before I saw the signs at the actual "trail-head" I just ran a bunch of inter-connecting trails, some of which did not go very far and some were "lost" eventually. I was, during this time, thinking that these were great trails to take beginner trail runners on. There are some technical sections, and for sure if you trip or fall you will get a little bloody, but there were no true "dangerous" sections (dangerous sections defined as: those trails that if you fall you are certain to either: 1. break something; 2. fall on cacti or a bunch of rocks that will cause immeasurable pain and take a visit to the ER to remove; 3. not survive). Then, I found out why some of the trails 'petered' out ... it is an orienteering park! pretty cool, I will need to look into this more. It is wonderful to be home ... well, except that as Dean and were getting to bed last night there was this weird sound ... Dean says "oh, that is the mouse that got trapped in the wall, I went out and looked and it looks like it fell from a hole that connects the evaporative cooler to the house; I guess *we* need to unhook the cooler (it is not functional) and patch-up the hole". Hmmm. I guess *we* had better do that honey ;-). Anyway, it was sad, I kept giving him suggestions (including dropping a tiny little ladder we can make from rope) to help the mouse, and apparently none of them were feasible. It makes me sad, and it drives Titus (the cat) absolutely crazy. Apparently, he has been sitting under my end table near the bed for hours and hours just staring at the wall. Also, TMI, I did actually enjoy running in DC again, it was super humid (and hot) but as sticky and sweaty as I got I felt MUCH cooler running there than when I run here. I think that the dry heat (and the 20 more degrees) actually hurts a lot (despite everyones, "but it is a dry heat") -- because the sweat evaporates and you don't get the benefit of cooling properties of sweat here. That said, one thing I had forgotten was how gross it is to always put on wet running shoes (wet from sweat, not rain, there is a big difference). My shoes are toast, and will never be allowed in the house again. When I mentioned this to Dean he said, "I never have forgotten about that, it was horrible". Personally, I think it was one of the things that he disliked about living in the South. Anyway -- lots of fires to put out after being gone most of the week. I hate the administrative parts of my job ... I wish I could just do science and leave it at that! Have a wonderful weekend bloggers!
Funny video for those of you who already know all the results, the race recap goes for approximately 3 minutes, then you get to see the funny skit: "Shalane versus Kara". Good stuff for a Friday.
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