Wish I could have made it to the championship game today to watch these girls win the whole tournament . So fun to think only 1 year ago M decided she wanted to play volleyball for fun. π€© ππ
Plan B for tonight we decided to goto a site I have been before and meandered around the historic trails at the old Bloomington Mill site. Had fun even though it was a lot of work. There is so many trails and old wooden steps into this valley that are no where on a map so you have to look closely.
I am never a good rule follower so this might have said bridge closed but we still made it over and back.
View from the top of the valley at one point
Site of the old Historic Mill
Some steps that are kind of blocked off but not really blocked off π€·ββοΈ
Trust me this is a path to the bottom even though it just looks like dirt there are some rail road tie steps in there.
We decided to find a new location to connect some trails we had been on before only to run into a big road block that had us rethink for a Plan B.
I am ok with some water but this was going to be way too much and too deep. I did get a lot closer to check.
Got out earlier today again which I am glad I did before my day took hold of me with other things. Weather to the side I felt good out there and had the time to go for a little longer run than originally planned.
Quiet street that gave me some tree coverage from the sun.
We got lucky golfing tonight with no heavy rain tonight and just finished up before it got too dark.
Even got to see a rainbow at the end of the night.
Decided to get this run in early today before the busy day started to take hold after a long weekend. It actually wasn’t too bad out and my legs seemed to be in good working order.
Decided to get a short run in today after a long weekend and even a busy day. Decided to hit the familiar trails as my ankle started bothering over the weekend and figured this would be soft.
4th of July Fun!
Had a really great 4th of July with family, we started our day with the new annual 5K run. Everyone did a great job on the run and finished. The best part is all of the cousins drifted together to run with someone and finished together as well. Which I guess left me running alone and in hindsight I should have brought my headphones to pass the time in the heat.
After the run we stayed around the festivities and found a spot to watch the Delano parade. Once that got done, we headed to my brother and sister-in-laws house to enjoy their backyard pool while eating and hanging out. Once the sun started to go behind trees to give us some shade from the heat we decided to get a little friend game of Kubb going! We brought our set but come to find out after we played it with them last time they have now picked up their own set and are playing it.
Overall, it was a great day and had fun just hanging out with everyone.
Some great creativity making a Candy themed American Flag
All the kids sitting around together
First kid finishers the oldest boys
Next phase is these two surrounding some other runner.
Last two finishers were these two.
Swimming! Everyone wants to race the βprofessional swimmerβ of the family Gretchen
Friendly game of Kubb where our team won 3-2 in games.
Great start to the 4th of July again this year by doing a little 5K with my kids, niece, and nephews. I tried to keep up with the older kids which meant I never saw them until .5 miles left when the heat/lack of training overtook them and I could pass them on these old legs.
I am not sure why but I have just been continuously tinkering with scripts, websites, and what not. My most recent workflow change didn’t quite hit the mark with my morning run post as I thought so I am going to give this a go and see what happens in hopes I know now the answer.
Decided to wait a little bit to get outside this morning so I didn’t wake the rest of the house and it gave me time to wrap something up for work. Both of those things were good but I regretted it when I actually started running and realized how warm it was (yes I am a baby about the heat).
On my run the other day I forgot I captured this photo of a deer that could have cared less that I not only ran right by it (6 ft away at most) but then stopped to take a picture of it. π¦ π·
After my run tonight came home to play some Pickleball in the driveway. Starting getting dark so we had to use the Jeep for some extra lighting. The kids seem to be getting into it again so we might have to hit up the new courts at Miller Park.
Was tired after work today and then ate dinner and could have probably fallen asleep then. However, a friend asked if I wanted to run so how could I pass that up. It was warm but had a great time catching up.
Decided to get this run in early today as it is suppose to be warm later on. I would say after the rest over the weekend I felt great the first 3 miles and the last 3 was a struggle for sure. I guess new week time to get after it.
Tired today after an eventful last night getting woken up at 12:30 to sirens blearing outside as well as our phones going off alerting us to the Tornado Warning. So we all headed to the basement for a while. So I think todayβs plans are going to change I think and it might just be a rest day.
I figured I needed to start this long day off right with a run even though it didnβt feel as smooth as I would have liked it to. Might have to consider the rest of the weekends millage and see what makes sense as I have rain and heat to potentially deal with.
Since I found myself in the right place today I was glad to have tossed in my running shoes so I could go exploring and start collecting some 612 POAPs. Hindsight, I should have looked closer at the map where they were (missed some) and been aware of road/bridge closures as I ended up adding more miles than planned.
I can’t complain about my setup on the University of Minnesota today.
π Walter Library, Minneapolis
Just a girl and her favorite dog.. πΆ