They all can't be "easy" runs.

7.5 miles. Hood route to the legacy trail and back. First half faster. I didn't realize I was running with the wind timed the second half 31:00. Started off heavy rain light wind. Finished heavy wind light rain.

12.9 miles. Hood route to the legacy trail to Venice Ave. and back. 7 am start. Longest run in a while. Warm and sunny today.

9.75 Miles. Hood route to the legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back with an extra 2 miles thrown in because of bathroom stops. Then 2 hours of soccer with neighborhood kids. It's been a while since I've played soccer. So now I'm sore.

Merry Christmas, FRBers! I have a long night of eating traditional Polish Christmas Eve food. Fish, pierogi, and a ton of other stuff that I love.

7 miles on the trails. 2 pm. 70+ degrees. Merry Christmas.

10.2 miles. Hood route to the legacy trail to Colonia and back. 8 am start. The Sweat burns the eyes today. It's got to cool down someday, right?

Also. Is "brick" by Ben Folds Five the only song about December 26th? It certainly has to be the most famous.

I was planning on running today. But I think I have a good excuse this time. 

This is my brother's last day in town, and his birthday is tomorrow. At a young age, he took up golf, influenced by my Uncle Joe. Because of many hours on the golf course together, he has a great friendship with my Uncle. So, he really wanted to be that guy for my sons. So he set it up that the five of us, Me, Andy, Uncle Joe, Tommy, and Johnny would do 9 holes at Lake Venice Golf at 8 am. It's not too long until my boys are learning to drive. The Floridian learns to drive by first recklessly driving a golf cart. Later, you can advance to the roads and do some real damage. So, that was part of my motivation for this. How did I play? I haven't played in 4 years. But, for 5 holes, I was awesome. I was putting for bird or par. Then the wheels came off. I shanked 2 into the woods. On the same hole, I hit 2 separate trees on different shots, both times sending my ball backwards on the course. After you have a double digit score on a hole, it is tough to keep competative. But my brother's goal, about influencing my kids into golf was, I think, accomplished. After, I spent about an hour on the driving range with my sons. 

Then Johnny spent the day at the skatepark. Then we saw the new Star Wars. Big day.

12.9 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to Venice Avenue and back. Slow, but steady. 8 am start. Stupid hot. 75 degrees. 85 % hum. 71 dew point. Really crowded out there today.

At the base of the US41 bridge, a lady passed me on her bike. Then she slowed up because of the incline. So I said "Come on!, You aren't about to get passed by a runner, are you?" Then she had to explain to whoever she was talking to in her earpeice, what was happening. And she was pretty embarrassed about it. So I yelled back "I'm sure you'll catch me on the downhill!"

She didn't. When I crossed the line where the overpass ends, she was still coming up behind me. I threw my arms in the air and yelled Woo Hoo as loud as I could so that her phone call friend could hear.

BTW, this talking to people while you exercise thing is getting really commonplace. I used to be self conscious about having arguments with myself while I'm sorting out life's problems while running. Now everybody is talking to someone. And who is on the other end of the line? Do I want to listen to you huff and puff while describing what happened last night? Not this guy. I don't get it.