Seeking a better country...

7 p.m.  Hope and change run while listening to election returns.  I had one good 1/2 mile pickup on the way home.  Today I feel a bit creaky.  I don't know if it's the run or yard working 2 out of the last 3 days.  This is my longest running layoff unrelated to a marathon; things have been busy.  If I'm not careful, I'll miss out on my 2000 miles in 2012 goal.

It's been busy with fall cleanup and home improvements. Work too, I guess all that aside, I've learned definitively that I'm not a 2-3 runs a week runner. My mood and wellness have steadily declined. I'll be resuming a more typical 4-5 runs per week. 6.5 on the treadmill, 7-8-7-8-7-8 mph with a cool down. The run made an immediate difference.

After 17 driveways in the last 12 hours, I talked spencer into joining me for a trail run. We made a few first tracks, scared up 4 deer, slipped around a bit, and had a great time. Every available surface was buried. The single track was barely discernible as a crease in the expanse of white. I don't recall a more beautiful, rewarding run.