Running
Might have gotten darker faster than I thought while running tonight on some of the trails. If you put the pace aside I felt like I was working much harder than I should have been, maybe it was food, time of day or the flu shot I got either way it was far enough to call it a night.
Out and around Rice Marsh Lake run on this really nice weather day. Saw a lot of people out there for a Monday morning at 9am but who am I to judge as I was one of those people out there too.
Almost 100% trail run along the Minnesota River bottoms today. Let’s just say that was fun exploring! My friend thought I got us lost at one point because we drifted far from the water but the trail reconnected so all was well.
Minnesota River
Bridge out time to find another way across
Machines at work at the CD Terminal
Might have been that wrong turn I was talking about as I don’t see the river
Rope swing into the river… Now this looks super fun but tired legs at this point
Photo from the bridge across the Minnesota River, next time going to have to continue that way
I think lack of sleep and the heat of the sun today made this run feel much worse than it should have been. Temp looked ok but don’t get me wrong it was warm out with the sun beating down on me.
I took a friend advice tonight and I think I understood what he was saying… He said I should go for a walk in the woods (NOT A RUN). I took that to mean I SHOULD go run in the dark along some water. 🤷♂️
It was a nice night.. Thanks. 😄
Meandering Monday lead me to this almost primitive looking Private Property sign of what I thought was a trail to run on. I let it deter me today, but maybe not on another day.
Hindsight, probably shouldn’t have run but I told myself I wanted more overall miles than the week before and I need this to do it. At least picking a trail route made it enjoyable.
I would be lying if I said this run felt great the whole time. First 2 miles we felt like we were pulling plows. After that we found a comfortable pace and I convinced my friend to take a detour on trails which added some miles and we came across a coyote who could have cared less about us. 🤷♂️
This is a great little write up / story about a Footbridge that connectss Bloomington to Richfield. In fact, I could see my self trying to dig into the history of such a thing as I stubble across random things on my runs and then go looking at old maps to see what the trail used to be or why it was there.
It was still too nice outside today to not get out there for a short recovery run . The legs felt it from the late night run last night but as much as I kept trying to slow down I am just not good at recovery miles… 🤷♂️
Look close I found a geocache… because I had to look.
🌙 Night run… Missed the near mountain blvd and ended up adding another mile to the loosely planned route. I am not complaining in this weather though. It was 61°F tonight, I went faster and longer today than yesterday and feel pretty good at the end.
Took a half day since it was the kids first day of school today so I started this run later than I would have wanted due to the heat outside. At least I had a couple mile section in the woods to take my mind off the sun and heat.
Decided to hit the trails of the Lowry Nature Center Today. It was a warm one out there but I really enjoyed the change of scenery for this run.
Since I was up early to get my son to the bus I decided to chase the sunrise with a little run on some trails before going to watch him run.
Had some time to kill while the dogs were getting groomed. I quickly looked at a map and decided to run just random streets and trails in the area. Might have been a mistake as I think the heat got to me since I tried to add some speed.
My friend and I decided to use our time wisely tonight running and exploring some trails while our kids were doing a fantasy football draft. It was getting pretty dark by the end of it so I was thankful I tossed in my knuckle lights.
Long weekend and a little oversleep because of the dog made for an interesting run today. However, I can’t complain as I finished the millage I was hoping for but maybe not the route as I needed some outs.
It started out and was going to be a 6 mile run, then 7, then 8… Finally got done after hitting 10. Couldn’t complain had great weather and company along this run and we just kept meandering along back trails.
Was thinking with the cooler temps for this mornings run was going to be nice but for some reason I forgot my friend the humidity. Thankfully today I was entertained by the distinguished gentleman of Hemispheric Views.
