Kerry's Running Blog

There are some mornings where I don't see one other person out and about, but not this morning. I was startled when another runner was coming up the path just east of the pond. I had my headlamp on and pretty much blinded him when I jerked my head up and then when I was about to turn off to the south, he came around again and I almost ran into him. It reminded me of that story from the early 20th Century when the only two cars in a particular mid-western state ran into each other. As I got back into Cedar Hills there were a half dozen others that I passed on the streets and path. I wonder if everyone was just adjusting to their back-to-school schedule. I figure that I'm going to have to get up closer to 4:30 am to finish in time to take Amelia to school at 6:00 am.

I had to drag myself out of the house this morning for some unknown reason. I woke up as usual a little before five and got ready, but I wasn't really feeling anxious to run up the canyon. After the first five or six steps, however, whatever negative feelings I was having disappeared and I could just enjoy pounding along the path in the dark. With the cloud cover I could barely make out the path in places, but I know it so well that I could probably run it with my eyes closed. It was warm and humid as I expected, but was a little disappointed to find that there was essentially no wind coming out of AF canyon. There was a little more traffic than I expected going up the canyon, but I only had to step off the road three or four times on the way down. I was surprised to see another runner coming down the canyon as I was heading up. He must have been up pretty early. I also saw a biker coming up the canyon as I was heading down. There were also a few more people out along the golf course path. All in all I felt pretty good. A few twinges in my left ankle, but my legs didn't really complain.

A few minor aches and pains starting out, but felt pretty good once I got going. Beautiful morning with the stars brighter than I've seen for some time. Temperature in the low 60's. In addition to Saturn and Mars in the east, Orion was lying on his side just above Mt. Mahogany. Sirius came up just as I was heading into Highland Glen Park. I was kind of annoyed that there were more rocks in the road by the bend. I spent several mornings clearing that path. I started pushing the pace on my way back out of the park and felt pretty good. There was a nice breeze coming out of the canyon. 

Early morning run with Laureen. We had to cut it short in order to get back for Amelia's XC meet at AFHS.