Ran a relaxing 9:00 minute pace this morning. The weather was calm. Props to every one that went out yesterday morning. You have my admiration. I took one look at the howling winds at 4:30 and went back to bed. I had a heart pounding scare this morning when I ran across a skunk in the dark just after 5am. The JRP is fairly narrow at this point with a drop off on the left and a fence on the right. I heard something by the fence and took a look and saw it with it's rear pointed at me. The only comfort was that the tail was not raised. I was jittery for a while after that and took a different route on the way home. I hate those things. One more thing. 171 miles for August beats my personal best by almost 30 miles. It still isn't very close to how many I wanted to get in, but I'm not sure my body was ready for too many more this month. I need to stay motivated over the winter so I can come back with bigger months in the spring. I usually don't run very many races, but maybe adding some more next year will help keep me motivated. I'd also like to try the Wasatch Back but I don't know of any teams I could join, but it's still early.
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