5 miles on the canal road. Started running at dusk, saw 22 deer enroute, 21 alive and one in the dry canal that had fallen prey to a mountain lion. I saw big cat tracks on my run yesterday, but today when heading south on the way back after my turn-around point I saw mountain lion tracks on top of my northbound shoe prints. It was a bit unnerving. I was on heightened awareness the rest of the way home. It was a great workout running in the snow. |