They all can't be "easy" runs.

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.