Probably closer to 14.5 miles ... 2:04:52. I ran my "flat" loop ... near Old Tucson ... ran the big loop (about 8 miles in 71`) and then ran the inner loop, with the last 20` hard; given my workout this week I would guess the hard bits to be 7:40-7:50 depending on how sandy the footing was and how many little hills I was climbing. Lots of birds out today, it was pretty warm, warm enough in fact that I was paying attention to the "sticks" on the trail -- in a month to 6 weeks it is likely that they won't be sticks; which, of course, reminded me that we have to "snake guard" our yard soon. The desert museum uses a fine chicken wire that they bend into a "L" and then you attach it to the bottom of your fence with the lip sticking out (backwards). It then lays on the ground and about 6" up the fence. The finer the chicken wire the smaller the snake that it keeps out. I am pretty sure we will have them in our back yard, but the dogs don't go out there so it won't be as much of an issue. Such a beautiful day. I have to change up my running schedule this week because I have a business trip on Wednesday. The bad part about living in the west, and Tucson in particular, is that it takes nearly 6 hours to travel to DC and parts East ... I have to be in DC by 7PM on Wednesday for a dinner so I have to leave here by about 7AM - for the 6 travel hours and the two hour time difference ... and no nonstop flights from here. Anyway, I won't have a day off until Wednesday, so I was trying to keep my run pretty easy today. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday bloggers!
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