Good morning! I've been up since 2 am making apple pie, and when it is done baking I am heading out for 8 on the trails. Weatherwise here, it has been beautiful and promises to be perfect today as well. I am looking forward to seeing the sun rise.

Funny story from yesterday's run. I was running the bike path and could hear machinery running up the way on a stretch of single track. I usually don't run it in the summer because it is impassable due to vegetation and blow downs. I decided to check it out. Up ahead were two men brush hogging and trimming the trail. They were volunteers with the North Country Trail Association. We chatted and found we all graduated from the same high school, one of them just two years before I graduated. Then...I looked at his teeth...I had seen those teeth before. I asked his last name..."OH MY GOD!, we dated in high school!" he asked my name...and remembered who I was. We had a pretty good laugh about it. I thanked them both for the trail maintenance...and went off to finish my run.

Qotd: he would probably be less than flattered that the trigger for my memory was his crooked teeth. What attribute do you think people from your high school days would most recall about you? I was mostly known for the fact my life revolved around horses when I was growing up. That was what this gentleman recalled, and I am unaware of anything that made me stand apart from the other anonymous People at school.  When I am 80 my work friends will likely recall me as the "lady who ran a lot".

I hope you all have a great 4th of July!

Running buddy cancelled on me so went for a run in the rain. Trails were slick and muddy and light rain, at times, wasn't so light, but running in the rain always makes me feel like a kid. It was a good morning.

moon - Apple pie is my favorite.

Muppy - 20 cigs in your fro, nice visual.

QOTD:  I swam every day before HS, so I usually smelled like chlorine and my blonde hair was usually white or a slight tint of green.

I was googling to try and find out how Dave Mackey is recovering from his gruesome fall in Boulder. I am ashmed to say...I don't know how to post a link. But it is a June 9 article at running.competitor.com that talks about his many complex surgeries. His treatment has included removal of muscle and bone that was not healing, transplant of muscle from the back of his calf to the front to provide increased circulation, skin grafts and more to come. All with inadequate insurance. Wow..the treatment sounds as gruesome as the injury!

Btw: the pie would not win any prizes at the fair. I hope it tastes good!

I had planned to run a gnarly trail I have not been on in a few years this morning.  Little did I know until last night it would be raining a good bit.  I ran it anyway.  It was filled with big climbs (one that had a 40% incline at one point), slick rock, shoe sucking mud, a sweet 3 mile downhill, bushwhacking, and oh yeah...I was soaked to the bone at the end.  It was a blast.  Total of 16 miles.

Apple pie sounds great right about now.  Great story moonlight!

QOTD: I was tall, thin and quiet in High School.  I am still all three now 20+ years later.

Have a great 4th!

Grab bag of about 7 miles this am. A local boys and girls club does a 10k with relay option that sees quite a bit of competition. 40 and change put us 3rd for mixed teams.

And I am now on the couch. Not really prepared for 5k efforts these days.

anyway, I'm getting back my strength for grilling later.. I'm sure it'll be fine.

happy fourth, everyone!

qotd: Pippin. I was in the musicals most of the way through.. Getting the lead my senior year suddenly made me popular with most of the school. That'd be a hard year to top

18 miles with ten others this morn.  A buddy was back in town so we all met up; was a great run.

Qotd:  I guess a jock.  At least that's what I heard at a reunion and was introduced to a few friends wives.  Was a little surprising to me because I was friends with all "clicks" and made good grades.  I was voted most athletic but I thought I was more than that; guess not.