Day 81: Fri Nov 1st - Gazelles vs Lions

Day Eighty-one:  Today I would have been eaten by the gazelle and stomped on by the hooves of the lion.  My only consolation.....at least I ran. 

 

HOWEVER....this is SO true!

 

 

 

Day 80: Thurs Oct 31st - Happy Halloween

Day Eighty: Happy Halloween!

Super quick and fast run. Just shy of 30 minutes, but I was in a hurry. Lot's to do!  But hey... it's Halloween!  Up early, get kids ready for their school celebrations, watch Halloween parade, run to Target for work candy and supplies for Halloween give-outs and of course, dress the dog. Poor thing. I've never actually dressed Jax up... but this is a surprise for my girls when I pick them up from school.  They will get a kick out of it. Jax wasn't sure what to make out of 'wearing' something. He's never had more than a brief cape or hat on in his life. After giving him a treat, he didn't seem to care.
He's going trick or treat with us tonight. Hopefully this year he doesn't try to chase after cats hiding in the bushes like he did last year. 
Be safe and happy running!

                                                                         Boo!!

Day 79: Wed Oct 30th - Lunchtime Fox Ambush

Day Seventy-nine: Lunchtime ambush, ear worms, foxes and afternoon therapy run.

Sitting peacefully in my office, working, making progress on my day while planning my lunchtime run...when suddenly the phone rings. The voice explains that they are coming (corporate) to film me for the holiday party and I have to lip synch to "What does a fox say".

HOLY... WHAT THE  !$!#!... was nearly my response.  I held back and begrudgingly replied "Today, really today?  To WHAA.....? 
I had heard OF the song but had never listened to the song.  
"Be there in 15 minutes" they said.. "Better YouTube it". 
Shit!  was my response (whispered to self as I hung up the phone).   So I Googled and watched the viral video that had already been viewed more than 174 MILLION times.

Afterwards... with head down, hand holding forehead... I *sighed* as I looked back at the video and reviewed the 6 lines I had to memorize before the shoot, in what was now 9 minutes.

They arrive, brought props... (yay me). On with tail, bow tie and ears ...I grabbed a stuffed animal fox and followed them to the hillside East of the property. I tried to ham up my enthusiasm the best my little introverted self could muster.  

Now I am stuck with an earworm.  For those who don't know what an ear worm is...

Earworm:   An earworm is a catchy piece of music that continually repeats through a person's mind after it is no longer playing.

Luckily I saved my run for the afternoon, so was able to shake off the worm and run out my post embarrassment anxiety and here I sit.  But all is well. I'm a good sport (though I loath such experiences). 

<---------- couldn't resist...

Day 78: Tues Oct 29th - Rainy Sunshine Coming Down

Day Seventy-eight: Rainy sunshine coming down.

Weather couldn't make up it's mind this morning. Between rain, cloudy, windy, calm and sunshine.
A mixed bag. Almost didn't bring Jax since I gave him a bath yesterday and he was so nice and clean smelling... instead of wet dog.  Funny enough, once I started getting my gear on, he got right up from his bed and went to the door. So he either needed to "go" (as in potty) or he wanted to go running... not sure, so took him anyway.  It was a nice, quick couple of miles at a good pace.

*my daily photo is not uploading :(  I will post as soon as I get it to work.

It was much cooler in person. (is cooler a word?) 

Day 77: Mon Oct 28th - Tale of Two Brains

Day Seventy-seven: Tale of two brains.

Brain One: Let's go! 

Brain Two: Really?? Again?  What are you doing?

Brain One: Shut it. It is beautiful outside.  

 (pulls out phone, takes photo of sunrise and yellow clouds)

Brain Two: It's windy, your contacts will get dust in them. Your legs are tired.  You...

Brain One: Enough. 

Brain Two: Seriously, you don't have to prove anything. 

Brain One: Just because. I don't have a reason. I just love it.

Brain Two: Watch it!  (tripping on a rock) See... you're tired.

Brain One: Be quiet... geez! I'm trying to focus.

                (ladies walking dog off leash, Jax breaks concentration and pulls to take a butt sniff)

Brain Two:  Grrrrrr those ladies should have their dogs on leash! I wonder if they will pick up their poop.

Brain One:  Be nice. They are walking in the woods, kicking the leaves, it is beautiful... it's okay. 

Brain Two:  Look.... fresh poo... I wonder if it is from them. Grrrrr

Brain One: What is UP with you today??!  Gee... this is fun! The wind is nice, it's perfect temperature and with the storm and cold front coming, just enjoy it okay?!

Brain Two:  *grumble*

Brain One:  I love this song.             (steps up the pace)

Brain Two:  Oh look... the ladies again. Same dang dogs. Why don't people follow the rules.. this isn't off leash.

Brain One:  Look how beautiful this path is. I should take a picture. 

Brain Two:  How many photos do you need??

Brain One: I could snap a zillion photos.  Like this one (taking photo of a purple flower). 

 

Brain Two:  Okay... maybe it's nice. But take it easy.

Brain One:  Jax is such a good boy, he looks so happy.

Brain Two:  You're right. 

Brain One:  I feel great. Those inserts are really helping my feet. 

  (pushing repeat on awesome song)

I feel alive and happy.  This is why I do it.

Brain Two:  It doesn't make sense.

Brain One:  It makes sense to me. 

Day 76: Sun Oct 27th - Early Morning Rock Star

Day Seventy-six:  Early morning rock star!

Bright and early run with Izzy. Played at the park then back home again.  What a trooper! She woke up earlier than expected and wanted to join me on a run, which I always love. Izzy bounds with amazing amounts of energy considering she's 9 and ran the Haunted 5k yesterday morning (that actually ended up being a 6k... long story), now less than 24 hours later and she's running again, piece of cake.
Afterwards went to the last regular farmers market for the season to pick up some vegetables, green tomatoes, fresh garlic, kale and our favorite green salsa!  yum!
Now time to clean a bit, cook and best of all, relax on this gorgeous warm Autumn day.
Later on we will carve some pumpkins.

I hear a storm is on the horizon! 

Day 75: Sat Oct 26th - Haunted Run

Day Seventy-five: Haunted run, miscalculated race and beer

 Ran the Haunted 5k with the girls and family.  The race was pretty disorganized initially, but what was even more funny was that it was actually 4.1 miles. We've run enough 3 miles to know that it certainly was marked longer or someone made a mistake mapping out the course.  I've made a pact to try and not care about mileage and time for my blog... this race certainly challenged my runners instinct to want to know precisely to the 1/10 of a mile... how far we ran.   LOL  Afterwards we mapped the run and came up with 4.1 and 4.3 between me and my sister-in-law Kristin. But, it was still fun to get out and run with the family.  Kristin and her daughter Grace were black cats, Izzy and I were Christmas girls, Siena was a devil and Justin simply wore a witches hat and a long black cape; which made no sense to me until I was working on my 2nd pitcher of beer, (he was a warlock apparently.. with much debate).  

Happy Haunted Racing everyone! 

 
 
 

Day 74: Fri Oct 25th - Flowers before the Frost

Day Seventy-four:
Flowers before the frost.

The weather the past week or longer has been wonderful.
Forecasters say we only have a few more days before a bitter cold front comes along and sends a harsh goodbye to the remaining summer / fall flowers who have managed to stay alive so far. I thought I'd give them a farewell photo.


With the weather changing, I need to search out some long running pants for the upcoming winter season. On a couple of mornings last week I had to wear my black thermals to keep warm (you know.. the ones that look like long johns with 3 small buttons on them...no laughing.) Yeah.. I'm not proud nor do I give a !$#@ about being fashionable while running, but they are cotton and though initially they are warm, they are not conducive to wear during bitter winter runs. 

Today's run left me feeling like this ------------------------- >
It was fast and short, but left me feeling the buzz of a fabulous run.
Great morning.



Day 73: Thurs Oct 24th - Sweet Reeds

Day Seventy-three:

"Sweet reeds are made of this...who am I to disagree."

 

Hopefully I've given you a daily earworm that you will hum all day long. You're welcome.

If not and my play on the song escapes you, thank me... as it is not that good of a song anyway.

 

Fun morning run. Not much else. I'm running out of things on my route to take photos of, so I must be more creative.  The river was a bit higher today which was nice to listen to.  I'm hoping for a strong winter mountain snow season. Not only do we need it to fill up our reservoirs, but the Spring run off filling the main rivers will be strong, powerful and quite a sight / sound to behold.

 

Two more days until our Halloween fun run 5k.  Still haven't decided on costumes... Time is running out!

 

Day 72: Wed Oct 23rd - Yellow Everywhere

Day Seventy-two:
 Sun...Sunrise...Sunshine

Yellow everywhere! Bright, bold yellow.
Oh.. and a creature that bolted into the bushes too fast for me to identify it.  Jax saw it though and was anxious to sniff it out, but I'd rather not test fate and risk him getting sprayed with skunk spunk, scratched, bit or otherwise.  Haven't you seen Old Yeller?!?   Granted... Jax has had his rabies shot, but still.  <<shudder>>

My cold is a bit better today. Gotta love them zinc tabs from Wholefoods.  I need to remember to drink more water. I am terrible at drinking water, coffee on the other hand...yum.

~ Cheers

"What was that Jax?!"