They all can't be "easy" runs.

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail overthe SWOM bridge and back. "feels like" 103. First mile was rough, but eveything was steady after that.  

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail overthe SWOM bridge and back. "feels like" 105. Last mile was rough, but everything was steady before that.  

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail overthe SWOM bridge and back. "feels like" 104. None of it felt good.  

4 miles (3.5 hood route with an extra .5 for the hospital run along laurel), then 2 on the trails. I was too beat up after yesterday's run to go for 8 again. So I did what I could today. Feels like 103.

Work got in the way of running today. Flying to Indy tomorrow. I'm going to try to get a couple of runs in there. I can't wait to see Boy #2 again. It's been since June 28. 

5 miles in Indianapolis, including a loop of the canal walk. I had to really move, so I could get back to our room, shower, and now be back in military park to watch spirit of atlanta warm up for tonight's performance. I find the pre competition brass lot warm ups to be almost as amazing as the show. Also we toured New Fields museum park today.

https://youtu.be/kTsHu7CMTL0?si=b7Kuzp7aJ9My53Bt

5 more miles in Indianapolis, including a loop of the canal walk. Much more mellow pace. Feels like 92, which is lovely, compared to Florida.

Last 5 more miles in Indianapolis, including a loop of the canal walk. We fly back early tomorrow. Spouse's birthday today.

Flew home from Indianapolis early on very little sleep. Ran a few errands and then slugged out 4 miles on the trails. 

4 more on the trails. Feels Like 99.

Song stuck in my head for this run: 

https://youtu.be/lvA-STM7oJk?si=RFW6oz5LS7zgptUs

long story

3 on the trails. I intended to go much longer. 2.5 miles in, I guess I scratched my nose, right on the bridge between my eyes. Blood started running out, dripping on my shirt and legs like crazy. I walked back to the soccer field bathroom and got some toilet paper to hold down, which immediately started filling up. I got another piece and started to walk home. You know what happens when you walk through the woods continuously bleeding out of your face? You get swarmed with horseflies. I have never experienced an attack like that before. Since I had to apply constant pressure to a wound, I had one less hand to swat the horseflies away. So I started running while holding the toilet paper to my nose. The dog walkers on the trail were concerned. I got home and I had to have Spouse apply bandages to my face. Great start to today. 

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. "feels like" 107. I met a cyclist at the turn around. Eric. Nice guy. He called me"young man" then was surprised to find out I was a year older than him. How to win friends and influence people, right there. What is it about non-runners, that when they meet runners, they feel compelled to tell them why they are non-runners? Almost all of them point to vertical scars on their knees. How have I avoided this fate? I am not incredibly disciplined in my running so if anybody should need the surgery, it should be me. 

Now to the important stuff: My mental playlist today was a cross between the day I tried to live by soundgarden, and Help me Rhonda by the beach boys. My grandson makes singing noises when he hears beach boys, so we've been listening to a lot of that lately. 

4 on the trails. 

550 until I have logged the equator in miles. 

4 mid day trail miles. Stupid time to run, but I needed to get out of the house for a bit. 

4 miles. hood route to laurel with SMH "extra" and back. then 1 mile trails. "feels like" 103. Weatherman said it was supposed to be mostly cloudy. It was not. 

4 on the trails. super hot, but not a bad run. 

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail overthe SWOM bridge and back. "feels like" 96. What a difference running while the sky is clouded makes. 

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. Overcast for the first 4. Partial sun for the next 2.5. Light rain for the last 1.5.

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. As much as I liked running in a little bit of rain yesterday, I hated putting on wet shoes today. Overcast for the whole run today, but no rain. This week, I'm getting a new roof, and lots of other things to distract me from running. I'm going to try to make it work, but we shall see. 

3 on the trails. then 1.5 hood route. 

non-running rant.....I don't need a new roof. My roof is 17 years old. My roof did better than all of my neighbors roofs through the storms of the last couple of years. In January we got a letter from our insurance company - get a new roof or lose your insurance. Can we just get it inspected? - No. (Last year we replaced all of our plumbing at their insistence, btw. The plumbing contractor never got his work inspected. So we had to sort all of that out before we could even begin this new task.) We have solar panels. When someone sells solar panels, one of the frequent questions they get is "what if I need a new roof?" to which the answer is always "We will take them down and put them up after the work is complete as part of our service." Then, nearly all solar panel companies go out of business within 2 years (maybe so they do not have to do what they promised.) My company went out of business last November. So today, my solar panels came down. Weather permitting, roof starts tomorrow, ends Thursday. Solar panels, in theory, go back up Friday. Regardless of what a new roof (that I may or may not need) costs, do you know what the taking down and putting up of solar panels cost is?

$8,700.00

Today the panels came down in a half an hour. If you do this for a living, you must wake up laughing. 

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. Overcast for the whole run today, but no rain.

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. Overcast for the whole run. Light misty rain for the first 2 miles. Sun came out right as I finished running. If the rain keeps up, I may never get a new roof. 

Song of the run- "Not you again" by Dinosaur Jr. (Yes, I'm going through a Dinosaur Jr. phase again, where I listen to nothing but them for a 2-3 week period, and then not again for about a year.) 

8 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. Full sun. "Feels like" 100 deg. Song of the run was "Lounge Act" by Nirvana. I'm 4.2 miles from making this my biggest month of the year. 

We were out to dinner with some friends last night. As we were talking, 4 priests (black outfit, white collars) walk in and sit at the table next to us. (I swear this is not a set up for a joke.) One of the priests did the service for my dad's funeral. So as we were leaving, I walked up to him and thanked him for the job he did that day. He was asking about my family, mom, brothers, etc. Nice guy. But he's always going to remind me of my dad. 

5 on the trails. all of them slow.