They all can't be "easy" runs.

3.5 miles. Hood route. 7AM start.

10.2 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to colonia and back.

Hey what happened to allie? She was here for like a minute.

5.5 miles. Hood route.

10.2 miles. hood route to legacy trail to Colonia and back. 7:20 am start. @ 72 degrees. 

I ate way too much last night.

2 miles - hood route, then home. Then 2 miles - trails. Then 3.5 miles - Hood route. 

7.5 miles. Hood route to legacy trail and back. 70 deg. 43% hum!, 47 d.p.! 15 mph winds out of the northeast. But wow! I could get used to this low humidity stuff!

10.2 miles. Hood route. 65 deg. 68% hum. 54 d.p. For the Florida runner, this low humidity low dew point weather condition is amazing. I have become so accustomed to running in a dishwasher, that this feels really foreign. My body’s cooling system is working as it was designed! My sweat is evaporating! This makes no sense! I’m sure to be back running in soup tomorrow. But, for the moment, I’m going to enjoy this.

1 mile on the trails. 3.5 miles hood route. 

7.5 miles. Hood route to legacy trail and back. Intermittent rain kept things cooler. @ 75 degrees.

7.5 miles. Hood route to legacy trail and back. 76 deg. 67% hum. 73 d.p.

Emergency bathroom stops without buying anything at McDonalds are especially awkward with the dining area closed. 

5.5 miles. Hood route. 2 miles on the trails.

I'm trying to be positive, but I am dealing with a lot of unreasonable people right now - my father, the boat mechanic, and many others. I say all the disrespectful things to those people while I am out running, so I don't have to be disrespectful to them in person. So far, this is working. But if they step it up with being unreasonable, I just know I'm going to say something I'll regret. 

4 pm. at the track. kind of windy. 2 up. 12 x 200M, w/ 200 M AR, 2 down. Fastest was 41 seconds (#9). Slowest was 46 seconds (#2). After the warm up, @ 30 second water break, and then again after every 4 laps. It was good to run some faster stuff. They can't all be easy miles. 

7.75 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail. over the SWOM bridge and back. 7:30 am start. Started slow, but finished strong. Another day with humidity and dew point low (by Florida standards). It was nice.

I had Jane's Addiction's 1% stuck in my head the whole time. 

16.25 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to circus bridge and back. 8 AM start. So - so weather. Hot and humid, but I've been in worse.

3 on the trails. in the rain. I would have got more but the lightning really ramped up, and it kind of freaked me out. I'll run in rain all day. Lightning - not so much. Also, first shirtless run in a really long time. 

7.75 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. 

5.5 miles. hood route.

26 years married today! 

10.2 miles. Like Florida hot and humid out there. Sweaty clothes making slapping noises against the skin? Yep, summer. 

So, it made national news today that West Virginia is re-opening their zip line tours. What percentage of the West Virginia economy does this represent? Does this account for like 5,000 jobs in the state? Did they re-open the zip line tours because of all the public protests in this regard? Like do the people on the street look at each other and say "I can't believe we survived 8 weeks without zip lining. I can't wait to get back. Talk about government overreach, huh? You can take away my zip lining, when you pry this five point harness from my cold, dead body" 

8.3 miles. on Venetian waterway park. Started at the old train station, went south to over the circus bridge, more venetian waterway park to Caspersen Beach and back. I saw Manatees and Gopher Tortoises. Fantastic weather. The boat ramp was packed with trucks and empty trailers. If you have a working boat, you were out on it. Caspersen Beach parking was loaded. I hardly ever go there, but the weather, and the gulf waters are stunning. 

So as I went over the Circus Bridge, I saw the trapeze school near where the Ringling winter headquarteers used to be. No one was using it, but it still made me think of this:  https://youtu.be/HAQFtntTlzA 

The hours I spent in my grandmother's basement listening to that guy on vinyl can not be counted. 

4:30 p.m. start. 7 miles on Legacy Trail. Started at the train station. headed north over the swom Bridge to 3.5 and then back. 32 minutes out 29 minutes 12 seconds back hot and humid cloudy but no rain.

7.75 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. 8:30 am start. Super hot and humid. threat of rain but never came. life saving breeze on the way home. 

4 on the trails. 9 am start. hot and muggy. the struggle is real. lack of sleep has a greater impact on me than it used to. 

7.75 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM Bridge and back. 7 am start. Oppressive humidity and dew point. Slow. First run in new Saucony Triumphs. The Hokas I was running in lasted 1,500 plus miles. The Sauconys have a much wider toe area.

7.75 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail, over the SWOM and back. 7:20 am start. 80 deg. 95% humidity. 79 d.p.

Crazy Church sign has stepped its game up lately. Or maybe I haven't noticed until recently because I am now no longer running in the dark. There were a couple of wacky ones this morning. But top honors goes to a picture of a casket with the quote "Compromise makes for a fine casket." 

6 miles on legacy trail. 4 pm start. I started at venice avenue. I went north until I went over the SWOM bridge to 3 miles and back. very hot. I'm a bit bummed about not running the last 2 days. Oh well, you can't get it back. 

Anyhow I have been thinking about Yes's "City of Love" for a couple of days.  I thought that song was cool from the first time I heard it in the 80's. And then I started thinking that song has some definite "grunge" sounds to it. Then I thought - Have I been a fan of grunge music since before grunge even existied? Whoa!

Is was super hot out there! I might have drain bamage.