I had planned on getting up early this morning and going hunting. So I laid down to go to sleep just before midnight and may have slept for a few minutes and woke up wide awake. Couldn't go back to sleep no matter what. Of course by the time I should have been heading out I was feeling miserably tired. Then the wind picked up and was hitting 15-18 MPH. So I crawled in bed and just got out a few minutes ago .  It was my normal night to work so maybe it was just my body not realizing I was actually at home.

Might do some strength training and a short jaunt on the treadmill. Going to stay off the roads because of deer season.  No need to mess up someone's hunt.

QOTD: I think almost all of the loot gifts have been purchased.  We only put up a small artificial tree and that is up and lit as are the wreaths. Not much more to do but maybe get a turkey for Christmas day. We don't get too involved in the holiday spirit most years and this year DW and DD both work on Christmas. That's the joys of having three people in a family working in healthcare.

Sandy - Sorry you missed this year. In the WS lottery I saw only one person I recognized get in and one more on the wait list.

FS - cold weather for me usually means avoiding trails, at first because leaves cover the hazards, then later snow and ice.

Absolute minimum today, 1.2 miles. For some reason had a setback and could barely shuffle at all without pain. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

qotd: Don;t do much for the holidays. Last year only sent out about half the cards I normally do. Hope to do better this year. Never have guests over, so don;t really bother to decorate. The only people I exchange gifts with now are my DD and SIL.

Gym workout this afternoon, with a short treadmill run. Third time this week so I better get on the trails tomorrow.

qotd: Not much and not sure if we'll do much more. We rarely get a tree as we're usually travelling.  We're also pretty low key about gift giing, even with the kids.

wcrunner2, maybe the trails I run aren't near as bad or narly as your trails, lol. There's plenty of leaves but I'm pretty good about not breaking an ankle or tripping or anything

Plus, I'll take this over all those damn mosquito bastards out there 

Some of my trails:

wcrunner2, yeah.... my trails have roots, not rocks and stones. Or, at least the only set of trails that are like 20 minutes from me, which is the closest set of trails to me.

Those images look like the trails I've ran at Hoosier National Forest, aren't Branchville or Perry County. That area has lots of stones and rocks and even rock formations.

And that last pic just looks dangerous during snow or icy weather.

Came home from work feeling not so good. Went directly to bed and still not feeling the best. Going to try for at least 5 miles, may push it to a little over 6. Really would like to hit my goal early in the month and take a few weeks off from running.

 

 

 

Hey, I've been looking for this dude the last week or so!!!!  Looks like he moved south to avoid me .

Lol, I've been seeing him since 2014. I need to get back out there with just my camera and no plans of running.

My first time seeing him was back in 2014.

Or at least I am pretty sure it's the same buck...I don't know much on id'ing animals, it seems we've got dozens of does but only 3 or 4 bucks in this section of woods. This big boy, a 10 pointer, maybe an 8 pointer, but definitely a 6 pointer.