Damp & Humid

According to the statistics, it has been an incredibly wet July. Yes, we needed the rain, but it seems like we've had an overabundance of it now. And even beyond the rain, it has just been so humid. I feel like every run the past few weeks have had the descriptor "so soggy" in one way or another. 💦💦

Monday, I took a walk on the streets of Bath during swim practice. Overcast and muggy. (2.2 miles walked)

Tuesday, I got out on the cart paths. Heavy and so many deer flies. It appears that smoke from some western wildfires has settled over New England, creating an haziness that actually was quite pretty with the sun rising. (6.0 miles)

Wednesday, I stuck to the roads, running across the river on both the connector and green bridge for a good loop with a few hills. Pretty sunrise, but it was once again so humid! Felt like I was running through soup. Drenched by the end of the run. (8.0 miles)

I headed into work for the day and Mom and Dad took Sam to swim practice and then up to Reid for a beach day! What fun 😃 and sounds like they had the beach almost entirely to themselves!

And of course, they stopped for ice cream on the way home 😋🍦What a lucky kid!

Thursday, by some miracle, it was cool and almost crisp - or at least compared to the past few days! Got in a nice walk during swim practice. (2.0 miles walked)

Friday was another cool morning, even if still humid. I ran the cart paths and looped through the Cathance down along the river and around Mt A before heading home. So many mushrooms! They are everywhere after all this rain. I hadn't slept well and my legs felt super heavy, but it was still a nice morning to be out. (12.0 miles)

After the typical Friday chores, the three of us headed down to Harpswell for a short walk in the afternoon. Of course, we apparently chose the one-hour window where an intense storm was moving through the area, so our walk down to the water view at Wilson Cove was replete with thunder overhead and turned into a trail run at the end so as to escape the impending rain. We made it back to the car just before the skies opened up in earnest and thankfully, the hail occurred while we were sitting inside waiting for the rain to stop! (0.6 miles walked)

Pinesap

Hail!

Saturday morning, I drove over to the field house and looped out on the roads and trails of Brunswick. I first headed over to Crystal Spring, enjoying the mushrooms in the deep woods and the wood lilies and blueberries out in the field. From there, I ran through the extended Commons, taking a slightly adventurous shortcut to connect two of the three "shoots" of trails out there and then took one of the side roads to connect back up to the Commons proper. Might have had to run along someone's driveway for a few yards to get to the trail connection, but it made for a nice loop! 😁😆😉

Juvenile bald eagle! 😍

Got back to the car at just about 12 miles, refilled my pack, had a snack and attempted to dry myself off - so humid again! - and then headed back out into the Commons for a loop out into Pennelville and onto the Landing trails. I had originally been hoping for a few more miles, but my route came up a bit short and after adding on a few loops around the field, I decided 21 was good enough 😂 Still a solid run. (21.0 miles)

After lunch, Mom and Dad picked us up for a walk down at Curtis Farm in Harpswell. Always such a nice place to walk with field, woods and ocean views within a short trail system. The humidity had cleared out a bit and it was a beautiful afternoon to be outside! (2.0 miles walked)

Of course, we followed up the walk with ice cream! 😋😊

Emma came up to join me for a Sunday morning run, which was really fun! We ran out on the powerlines, enjoying a few raspberries en route and chatting away. Always good to catch up and nice to show her some of my favorite home trails! It was insanely humid and finally started to rain with about a mile left in the run. Felt good. (8.2 miles)

After Ryan got in his run and we had a bit of lunch, we headed up to Keri and Tyler's for the afternoon. The original plan was to lounge poolside in the sunshine, but since it was pouring, we hung out inside chatting instead 😊 Elise and Sam did, of course, get into the pool for a bit, no matter the weather! It was great to have the chance to catch up, and Keri fed us a delicious meal before we headed home. 

Such a fun day with friends, and a great way to wrap up the weekend!