Mid-November

Monday was a holiday, so I made plans to go up and see Emily's new house (!!) and get in a run with her. It was so fun to see the place, and what a lovely view out across the lawn and to the water too! We ran from her door and did a loop up through Butler Head Preserve, where Ryan, Sam and I had hiked once during the pandemic. It is a nice little preserve with trails through the woods and along the water. It was a pretty morning to be out, although the trails were leafy and slow going. We took a few dead ends and each came away with a few ticks 🤬Also saw two separate dead deer sightings - the first seemingly the fur/hide and then the spine/ribs several feet away, the second a few patches of fur and what I think was the stomach/intestines 😱, but these were Iike two miles apart! Eww. There was a turkey vulture on guard in the trees near the stomach. Then we finished up with some quiet roads to round out the miles. (6.0 miles)

Ryan headed over to NH for work on Tuesday. The short work weeks are always a bit crazy but it just seemed like more was going on than usual. I took Tuesday as a planned rest day but then on Wednesday, I just did not get out the door to run in the morning  so I took a walk in the afternoon up at the Y during swim practice to at least get in a bit of movement. Brisk and breezy. (2.0 miles walked)

Thursday, I was up and out early for a run around Highland Green. Pretty morning light. Clunky legs. Two deer seen in the darkness. (6.0 miles)

Friday, I headed over to Pineland to meet up with Val and Mindy for a run. We ran Oak Hill, where the trails had been nicely leaf-blown. Good to catch up on a bright and sunny morning! (5.0 miles)

Was not feeling super energetic on Saturday morning, so what I had hoped would be a longer run turned into a slow, shorter meader. Cart paths and roads. (6.0 miles)

Sam went with Lauren and family down to Kennebunk for the football game, with the high school team in the states game, and then we met up with Mom and Dad for pizza at Nomad, as they are closing, which is sad. Their pizza is just so delish!

This morning, I was slow to get out the door and still feeling a bit tired, so took it as a sign to just keep the week mellow, so just did a nice loop on the powerlines, and will get back to running longer next week. Pretty morning. (7.0 miles)

We are off to Keri and Tyler's in a bit for dinner, which will be fun as we haven't all had a chance to hang out in a while!