May Flowers

Tuesday was a quick 6:00 am walk around the school block before a long day at work. (2.0 miles walked)

Wednesday was late start, meaning I had time enough for a quick run on the roads at 6:00 am. Warm and breezy. (6.0 miles)

Nice bright breezy afternoon on Wednesday for a run down to the river and back. Forest floor is now littered with false lily of the valley leaves and starflower leaves. Also some lovely pink trailing arbutus and a few wild ginseng in bloom. False hellebore has come up a lot along the river since last week! (6.0 miles)

Dropped Sam off at school on Friday and then headed out for a rainy out and back in Highland Green before getting a lovely massage with Lauren and crossing things off my to-do list. (6.0 miles)

Saturday morning was the first time in what seemed like forever that the sun was shining! Sam went into school for an AP study session before her exam next week, and after I dropped her off I headed over to Pennelville to loop through Coleman Farm, the Landing and Commons. So much was in bloom, so I pretty much just spent the vast majority of the run squealing out loud with joy at all the ephemerals in bloom 😂🤷‍♀️🌸  It was a squishy, sloppy, muddy, photo-filled, took all the random side trails, wander. Wood anemone, wild oats, trillium, so many trout lilies and goldthread, fiddleheads, trailing arbutus and the forest floor littered with false lily of the valley and starflowers leaves coming up. Glorious. (10.0 miles)

Of course, the rain started later in the afternoon and continued through the morning on Sunday, so I wasn't feeling super inspired to head out early. After dropping Sam off for AP study session #2, instead of heading out on a run, I headed home to do some work and get some cleaning done around the house. Finally headed out around 1:00 pm. Misty, damp and humid, and I was definitely feeling the allergies, so not super peppy. Wild strawberries, trailing arbutus, wild oats, wood anemone, wild ginseng, goldthread and white violets seen. (12.0 miles)

And with yet another month gone by, here's the wrap up.

April:

156.58 miles run

17.83 miles walked

0.00 miles xc skiied

3x weights

YTD:

641.08 miles run

52.47 miles walked

3.34 miles xc skiied

14x weights