Early August

August always has a different feel. It's fully summer, but the days start to get shorter and there's always the knowledge that the school year is just around the corner and how has the time passed so quickly?!

Monday was a rest day as we all settled back in after our Baxter camping trip. Sam headed out to the Point on Tuesday morning for 24 hours to hang out with Anne, and as Ryan and I didn't have any plans for the evening after work, I headed out for an afternoon run on the powerlines. Lovely out. Blackberries are out, and found some good muddy puddles. Also some arrowroot - neat. (7.0 miles)

Worked from home on Wednesday, so has the flexibility to get out a bit later in the morning, although might have been slightly later than I intended 😂 Still, lovely out if a bit warmer than at 6 am! Water was roaring and some neat mushrooms too, plus so pretty along the Heath. (7.1 miles)

Had a few morning meetings on Thursday, so went into the office until 1:00 then did a few errands on the way home, did a quick clean and Ryan and I headed out for a short walk before we headed south to Irene and Dana's. Nice breeze and some pretty thistle along the roadside. (1.7 miles walked)

Weather was looking iffy on Friday and I did not sleep well at all, so I ended up running a road loop from Irene and Dana's and leaving the long run for Saturday. Always nice to get out through the marshes, and actually felt decent, so that is always a good surprise! (10.0 miles)

Ryan and Dana got in 9 holes of golf after lunch and didn't get rained on or thunderstormed out, and then we picked up Agave for dinner. Always a treat to get good Mexican food, but I will admit that my stomach might not have appreciated it as much as I did 😐😐 and once again, I did not sleep great, so I was kind of dragging when I headed out early to drive over to run in the woods for a few hours. Decided to park at Vineyard Hill and connect over to the Bradley Palmer via the Greenway trails from there. It was a good change of pace, and it was nice to add some different trails to my route. 

Cool temps to start but high dew point and very humid. Alo pretty grassy and scratch which is certainly to be expected in August, plus so many bugs! Ah, summer 🤪😱💦 Didn’t feel super energetic but just chugged along. I ran over to Bradley Palmer and ran up and over Moon Hill and around before looped back to the car at 9 miles in, and then up the Vineyard Hill loop before reversing and going back up the other side. A fair amount of walking on the hills there. Ha! Then I looped over on the other side of the street where an old road went down to two neat views out onto the river, before I headed back into the woods and back to Bradley Palmer for some more looping and another time up Moon Hill before heading back to the car.  (20.1 miles)  

After lunch, we decided to venture out and play some mini golf! Apparently many other people had the same idea, as it was quite busy, but the course was fun and we had some good laughs, even while we melted out there in the sun 😂 And of course, we finished up the excursion with some ice cream, although for some reason we did not get a photo! A fun afternoon.

Headed out around 7:30 this morning for another road run. Looped around through Rowley and Georgetown, meandering along and taking it easy. One bunny and two turkeys seen. Legs a bit creaky but happy to finish up with a 3-day 40-mile block. (10.0 miles)