5 miles easy, and a 1 mile walk afterwards. My walking is getting pretty good.

QOTD: Do you listen to anything while running?

I always plan to listen to music or a podcast when I run a race, but I have never had an event where I didn't have some sort of technical difficulty or horrific weather that kept me from listening to it. So, once again, I have planned to listen to some podcasts during the night portion of the run. And unless you can run 100 miles in about 6 hours, you will be running in the dark because the race starts at noon. I started following some scary podcasts about ghosts, disappearances, UFO's, etc. that have long ones of 3 hours or more. I love scary stories at night in the woods. But, I am fully expecting some sort of catastrophe that will keep me from listening to anything.

 

QOTD: I listen mostly podcasts on my training runs, but even though I take my iPod with me, I rarely listen to it when in a race.  I don't know why.

 

I listen to a lot of different podcasts, but Friday I was listening to "Up and Vanished."  I was running at Headwaters.  Hardly anyone goes past the 3 mile mark because it climbs for 2 miles at that point, you can't take your bike, and dogs aren't allowed.  So I'm climbing along and all of a sudden and for just a nanosecond, I smelled Fritos and immediately felt like I was being watched.  I took out my earbud (I only wear one) and stopped and looked around.  Nothing.  I kept hiking, but kept turning around and looking back down the trail and through the trees.  About 10 min later I hear voices and a dog comes around the corner and almost immediately a guy and gal who was were walking back down.  Since they were coming down from the top, it wouldn't have been them that was making my senses come to attention.  I think it was just the freaking podcast! 

Sometimes, a dog will smell like Fritos. I have also heard that a pronghorn antelope smells like Fritos (never smelled a pronghorn). When I was running Sunday morning, I ran past a part of the trail and got the distinct smell of marijuana. I know there wasn't anyone smoking weed there, but I stopped and looked around. About three feet off the trail was an armadillo carcass that buzzards had basically cleaned out. Apparently, at some point during decomposition, a dead armadillo smells like marijuana.

 

Apparently, at some point during decomposition, a dead armadillo smells like marijuana.

  Thanks for the chuckle!! 

And does the dog smell like Fritos 'cause it's farting Fritos?  Inquiring minds want to know.

dogs feet will sometimes smell like corn chips- it's caused by a common bacteria that gets in between their toes 

 

Same here, I do listen to music at the gym on my old school mini iPod Shuffle.

now we're talking! 

Ended up getting 4.5 miles in Rock  Creek yesterday, plus snagging my AZ rentals for next month's trip. Spent some time on recreation.gov and found a bunch of forest service cabins. I'll try for one near Sedona for a stay pre or post our Dec Grand Canyon trip. Odds are definitely not in our favor, but I'll try. Today was a dog walk this morning.

In light of the balloon memes, this is my favorite so far.

qotd: Rarely

Geezzz answered but forgot to hit post ....so here I go again....ran 6.2 miles.  3 were with Jack and I can't say slow because they were pretty comparable to my alone "run".  Could be the mushy snow and kissing an inch with each foot landing.  

Qotd:  I listen to podcasts but mostly books.  MY suggestion for you LB2  is to download a book or two so you don't need service.  Two books that were great to listen to (because the reader did an awesome job) are The Golden Finch and An American Marriage ( which had me running and bawling at the same time.  Library has download audio books.

Qotd:  I listen to podcasts but mostly books.  MY suggestion for you LB2  is to download a book or two so you don't need service.  Two books that were great to listen to (because the reader did an awesome job) are The Golden Finch and An American Marriage ( which had me running and bawling at the same time.  Library has download audio books.

That may be a good idea.