Running Chick

All signed up, t-minus 13 days.  I believe there was snow on the ground back in 2009, hopefully that won’t repeat for 2012.

Running has been a struggle this week. I’ve been flipping between wanting to rest the entire week, and needing to keep on running because of Whistlestop.  My legs were feeling a bit sore & tired, so I didn’t end up running until Wednesday evening. I ran again on Friday, and then did a 10 mile long run this afternoon on the Chassell trail.  I don’t know if it was the slight incline of the trail or the loose gravel surface, but my quads are really feeling sore and achy.

Josh added another bike to his collection (it’s a sickness, I’m convinced) so he rode along with me while I ran.  Anyway, here’s a shot of the trail. Still a lot of greens and yellow leaves on the trees.

And the bridge at the end, which I find rather scary to cross.  It’s a long way down!

Thank goodness Josh has a helmet cam and could capture how much of an idiot I looked like when I crossed.  In my defense, every time I looked down through the rails at the water, I was all "Woo scary!" so I was focusing on looking at the rails and my feet.

I got more brave on the way back, here’s a shot from the middle of the bridge. Scary! 

Here’s Mr. Show Off carrying his bike across like it ain’t no thang.

Weekly recap: Wednesday, 4 @ 10:25, Friday 4 @ 10:19, Sunday 10 @ 11:02.  Tapering starts next week and I’ll top out with 12 miles which will include the 2012 runningchunk.com 5k.  There’s still time to register, you slackers.

Finally, I shall leave you with one of the many reasons Fall is my favorite season.