Seeking a better country...

No ipod, no garmin.  Just the smell of flowering plum and a perfect, moonlit night.

It was so windy and dusty last night, I wimped out on the Tuesday night edition for the first time since January.  My legs felt great this morning, so I was excited all day for the run.  7:14 overall pace, for a 1:05 minute run.  Home, to parrish, Legacy to 500 South, up to the mechanic's to get my still unsafe truck.  It sure was cold, and as luck would have it, the wind shifted around so it seemed like headwind the entire run.

Slow, uphill, trail miles.  I took the Nola way route, and wound around Ford Canyon for a while.  Scared up 5 deer, a grouse or pheasant, lots of magpies.  Ran past some beehives, and thankfully, it was cold outside, so they weren't active.  Got to Ricks creek, and climbed up the gorge to get to the fire road, then came home the usual way.  55 minutes

Ran to Kelli's and back, via Davis Blvd extended to dirt.  I only had to climb through one fence.  I got a couple sub 7's in coming back down, and one 9+ running up.  This run felt pretty good.  Overall pace 7:38.  I wonder why it's easier to run than walk.  We had a pre-trek thing today, which included walking 6 miles.  My upper it bands and back hurt worse after four miles than they feel now after the 7 mile run.  Weird.