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My wife and I went on a 10 mile nice easy bike ride up around the reservoir. Had a little light rain but it was real nice.

This morning it started to rain just before I got started. It was really nice running with the temps in the upper 40s and not much wind. The only problem was that instead of turning back at 4.5 miles to make it a 9 mile run I was feeling good and went out an extra mile. I was running on a dirt road up by the reservoir and in the time the extra mile out took, the rain had soaked up the ground enough that right after I turned back the mud started to stick to the bottom of my shoes until they felt like they had tripled in weight. After a couple of miles like this the road got more of a sandy base and I scraped off the mud. It was great again after that. All in all it was a very enjoyable run. I didn't pay attention to pace along the way just enjoyed. Went 11 miles at 8:24 pace overall.

PM   Went 4 miles at just under 9:00 pace.

This morning I headed out on the mountain bike only to find out the roads were still to muddy. Sticky mud can jam up a bike to where it won't even go.I got back home after 4 1/2 miles and switched for my road bike and went another 19 on the highway for a total of 23 1/2 miles in 1:31. After I got back I did a 4 mile run at 8:32 pace. The temps were nice without much wind. Did my voting. 

PM    Ran 4 miles very easy pace.

We keep getting these real nice mornings for running with temps in the upper 40s and very little wind. Don't know how long that will last. It could get hot real soon. after all it is almost June. This morning I ran 9 miles at a relaxed pace. Overall pace was 8:28.

I took my road bike this morning and went for 21 miles. I did 7 miles easy and 14 miles at a tempo type effort. Overall time was 1:14. It was a nice calm morning. Nice ride.

I went out for a short run that turned into an adventure. I live on a farm and was running on the property with my dogs when they started barking at something down in the trees. I ran down to have a look and saw that they had a feral cat cornered. The cat then proceeded to jump onto my thigh [ I was wearing shorts] and latched on. It seemed like it was stuck to my leg forever as I was trying to shake it loose and knock it off. I think one of the dogs finally pulled it off. I have about 17 bleeding  puncture holes and several scratches mostly just above my knee and some on my calf and shin all the way around my leg. I went ahead and finished up my run with a little higher heart rate. By the time I got back I had blood running all the way down to my shoes. One of the wound has some deeper holes and are spaced about the same as canine teeth would be and may be a bite. I think it bit my finger also but didn't leave a wound. I'm going to check with my doctor and see what he thinks I should do. Gotta love a little action now and then.

PM  Did 2 more miles at 8:17 pace then 1x100 meter strider.

This morning I went for an 8 mile run. No "When animals attack" events today to report. Just a nice plain uneventfull morning run at an 8:31 pace.

PM  3 more easy miles around 9 min. pace. 

A georgeous morning. Slept in a bit then went on an 11 mile run. The temp was about 60 with a nice light breeze and sunny. Ran up around the reservoir at 8:24 pace for the first 4 miles and 7:33 ave. pace for the next 7 miles. Average overall pace 7:51. Felt real good.