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Location:

Hope Mills,NC,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

78.6 miles at Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra 2013

Short-Term Running Goals:

Mike to Mike Marathon- May 2014

Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra -Fall 2014

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run till the day I die and still enjoy it

Comrades---long, long, long term

Personal:

Married

2 children

2 chickens

cat

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 508.40
NB Trail Lifetime Miles: 94.40
New-zuno 9's Lifetime Miles: 515.83
Pinky Gladys Gutzman Lifetime Miles: 502.11
Brooks Lifetime Miles: 517.83
New Brooks Lifetime Miles: 507.28
New Minuno Pink Lifetime Miles: 519.24
MiZuni FLAMES Lifetime Miles: 470.24
Merrell Vibrams Lifetime Miles: 20.86
Mizuno Alchemy 8 Lifetime Miles: 586.59
MIzuno Alchemy 12 Lifetime Miles: 497.80
Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 577.62
Brooks 12 Lifetime Miles: 410.66
Brooks 13 New Green Lifetime Miles: 440.91
Brooks 13 New Blue Lifetime Miles: 445.67
Green Machine Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 560.25
Shiny Blue Asics Lifetime Miles: 164.85
Dreamy New Balance Lifetime Miles: 402.57
Total Distance
9.05

morning elliptical

after work, ran my 9 mile p-town loop.  I was excited because the wind had finally shifted and was blowing from the SW instead of the NW.  I was glad to have the wind in my face the first half of the run instead of the last half.

What I hadn't planned on was someone being out spraying herbicide/pesticide in the fields on a day when there are 15 mph winds.  I kept smelling something different in the air, and I just couldn't figure out what it was, until after smelling it for 2 miles, I finally saw the tractor spraying the fields.  I'd been breathing that crap for 2 miles!!  No wonder I was feeling icky!

The good news was that after mile 3, I got completely behind the fields (from the wind standpoint) and had a really good 5 miles of fresh pollen-filled air.  The last mile I was back in the windfall from the fields, but I was almost home and didn't care as much.

I saw my first road-kill snake of the season.  It was a good 2 1/2 feet long, so not a baby snake at all.  Oh goody!  On the railroad tracks, there was a short train stopped and it had a real old-fashioned caboose.  It was bright red and said "Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road" on it.  I tried so hard to get a good photo of it, but the trees made it difficult.  It made me happy to see.

I was excited to see that the insecticide was working, because when I got home all of the gnats all over my face and neck were dead. 

Brooks 12 Miles: 9.05
Comments
From Chad on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 08:42:50 from 168.177.153.60

Nice miles. Did you breath any of those gnats? With pesticides and pollen, you might as well get in some tasty gnats.

From The Quiet Pirate on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:59:20 from 152.26.230.60

Chad- of course I did! What kind of pirate would I be if I didn't chew on a few gnats every couple of miles?

From Brent on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 16:57:22 from 70.208.0.101

Holy crap, life is a battle field. Some farmers just have no sense.

From Terri on Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 05:29:08 from 108.28.226.253

Funny. Nice mileage for a Thursday :) gnats and all!

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