Daily Archives: Thursday, June 25, 2009

My first run since my 5Peaks race last June 13th and my second since the marathon May 31st went not too badly but certainly below par. I started out pretty good but tired very quickly. I guess I have not yet recovered completely from my last two races, not to mention that rather difficult grading I went through to get my blue belt in karate last Saturday. All in all I’ve been pretty tough on myself, not letting myself heal up from those events before just diving into more. It was a hot and windy run. The water levels at the bird sanctuary were very low. Most of the ponds were bone dry. The geese and other water birds are not very happy about it. When we first moved here 20 or so years ago there was water everywhere, lapping at the banks of the local country roads, even! Since … Continue reading →