1:09:06. Yeatman trail. It is supposed to be record breaking heat for this time of year today, tomorrow and Sunday. Depending on which weather station you use it is somewhere between 90 and 96 right now. This makes me sad on a lot of levels (not the least of which is that I don't like heat). The other thing that early hot weather means is SNAKES. Lots of them. Last year I stopped running on the trails in May after I saw at least 1 and sometimes 2 every day. So far, there have been 5 reported snake bites around town, but I haven't seen any. As soon as I see more than 1 on my run then I won't be able to run on my beloved trails until October or so ... so sad. Anyway ... it was not too hot on my run this morning (probably 80 or so) but the sun was burning pretty bad by 9:30 (I had a conference call super early so I ran a little later). I did see a few hikers, and none of them had seen any snakes, that was good, but I was still a little extra vigilant. There are a couple of pretty steep, rocky, areas that are both particularly appealing to snakes and dangerous if you do see one - since there is no where to go (but off the steep ledge) if you do see one. It was, as usual, beautiful, despite the potential dangers that potentially lurked from every rock and crevice ;-). The happy thing was that although I was a little tired from my workout yesterday, overall I felt pretty darn good today. I hope you all have a wonderful Friday, and better yet, a great weekend!
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