Marley and I had a great 6 mile trail run.  the weather was the nicest in a while.

I was pretty zoned out for the whole run either thinking through construction details for my musical instrument builds or having Blind Pilot playing in my head.  Today it was:

I have to say there was a mile or two
I had the itch to fly and I flew
Now at best we would make our dreams 
With something used
With something used

QOTD:  How much do you zone out during daily runs?  Do you stay in the moment or get lost inside your head?  I sometimes find myself at a spot on the trail and puzzling over why I can't remember the last three turns or landmarks, that I know I had to have passed.  I do still hear the birds and know when there are other folks within a 1/4 mile so I am not completely out of it.

Bike commute to work today.  3.1 mile run last night.  Slowly but surely I am getting there.

QOTD: I am pretty in tune with my surroundings most of the time.  As women, we have to be.  I will zone out occasionally, however.  Just depends on the run.

Been super busy the last couple days at work.  Actually the last 1-2 months have been busy and it's only going to get worse into the fall.  But busy = job security I suppose.  Not sure if I will run tonight or bike.  Maybe both.

Jon - With that cutoff, a nice leisurely run and hike sounds good.  Just restrain yourself from going too hard and/or fast.

QOTD: I have been zoning out a lot at everything not just running.  I have a tendency to zone out more when I run roads.  Because I do not get to the trails nearly enough, I usually zone in when I do and enjoy the moment as much as possible.  This reminds me that it's been a while...

Have a great day!

sometimes I miss turns and have to back-track.

Funny thing is that I usually don't miss turns.  I make the correct turns for the route I have in mind, I just don't remember making them sometimes.

Getting ready to head out for 25-30 miles on the bike. After that the lawn needs mowing.

Jon -- Just take it easy and focus on enjoying the day. I have a marathon on Saturday. There is supposed to be a lot of climbing and while not necessarily under trained  I'm not as trained as I would like to be. The plan is to just start off easy and take what the trail and the day gives me. This race also has a 13 hour cut off so it's hikeable and I may just hike a lot of it.

QOTD: I rarely zone out on trails. The stuff that I run is just rooty and rocky enough to keep me engaged. I use my road runs more for tempo and speed workouts so I rarely zone out too far on those runs. I will zone out on the bike though and can totally forget how I got to where I am. The place where I tend to get into a zone is when I'm driving. I know that sound dangerous but in fact I almost always see dangers on the road before others around me do. It's not uncommon for me to see debris on the road, avoid it when others almost hit it, then realize that I don't remember most of the trip up to that point. Maybe that comes from having 1.5 million + miles of driving experience.

DW and I had a great run in the woods.  We ran the 25k course used at Ironmasters + some bonus "we got off trail" miles.  One unmarked section doesn't see too much  traffic so was hard to follow.

Couch - GOOD LUCK !!!!

jonferg - Go for it, and bail if you need to after 2 loops.

jamezilla - Funny about Burger King, because I got an e-mail today asking me to review BK's food.  I gave up fast food in 1999, so don't know how they picked me as a reviewer.

QOTD:  Zone out on roads and gentle trails.  Hardly ever get a chance to zone out on my local trails (same as what Dd1 runs).  Best ever zone out was in Killarney Ireland and I was running in the woods on a gentle trail and all of the sudden I popped out at the ruins of an old Abbey.  There wasn't a person in sight and I explored the ruins all by myself; still one of my best days ever.

Doesn't BK have curly fries?

 

You're not missing anything...if you want to give them a review you can safely say it sucks.

I was running and still gaining weight, so I looked at my eating habits and was amazed when I realized I was eating fast food on average 3 times per week.  I cut it out as a new years resolution and was surprised that I never missed it.  I was a huge whopper fan.