Flat Stages...

in the tour de life. 

Saturday was a day off from running; we drove to NJ via Providence (to pick up Ryan).  I heard it was hot up in Maine.  I bet it was hotter down there.  I'm kind of lucky I don't need much sleep.  It provided me with the opportunity to run, which I definitely needed to help with the hard days.  Besides getting my run in, I was able to have alone time, another precious commodity.

I ran 8.5, 9, and 6.5 miles on Sunday, Mon, and Tues, respectively.  Since I was never sure exactly when the house would awaken, I didn't drive anywhere to find off-road running, but just headed out the door.  The terrain is very flat with the bridge over the Pt. Pleasant Canal providing the only hill.

my only hill

                                      

view from the top

 

other side

Sunday, I told Rick that I think I annoyed the other runners by saying hello.  It was like they didn't know how to handle it.  New Jersey.  Well, that's what you get for just using one data point for an evalutation; Monday, all the runners and walkers said hi and some even greeted me first.  It was pretty much the same on Tuesday.  Could it be the weekenders or vacationers that were unfriendly?  Or maybe they were just stressed knowing they were headed back.  Who knows?  It was interesting.

little guys like this one were everywhere

I saw lots of wildlife.  Well, lots of the same wildlife.  Bunnies.  They were pretty well over run with cottontails.  They weren't too very scared of people it seemed.

ran to the beach, but not on

thanks to running, this sign did not apply to me : )

The runs were hot, flat, and on roads.  So what.  They were great.