July 18th, 7am: I stayed home from the Saturday club run due to the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. This chart had got up to 216 on Friday afternoon. I decided Friday evening it wasn’t safe to run; some did the same, others ran anyway. The smart money seems to say don’t go running above 100 because runners inhale by mouth, and wildfire smoke is particularly hazardous.
Defying the Canadian wildfire smoke. Apparently crepe and crape are both correct, but I do like crêpes.
Sat July 4th 7:30am, Run 28, race, Fallen Heroes 5-Miler, 1:02:47, 12:34 pace, 3rd of 11 in M70-99, followed by hash and eggs with friends at Silver Diner, very hot and humid, at the start: Sunny, 82°F, 28°C, Humidity 89%, Wind NNW 1mph, UV 3, AT 100°F, Activity Feel 100°F, 38°C
after 23 years.
June 16th, Rossini’s La Cerentola (Cinderella), the first of this year’s three productions of Wolf Trap Summer Opera. (Preceded by dinner at Anita’s New Mexican Restaurant, as always.)
July 15th: off to the opera again. This time Elspeth drove Cora and me to Anita’s Restaurant, where we met Tim for dinner, then got to The Barns at Wolf Trap in time for the 7pm dress rehearsal.
At Belmont today, other-duties-as-assigned included removing this fellow from the front entrance before the guests could see it. This was not my first snake assignment here. I used a broom and a janitor’s dustpan-on-a-pole. Snake handler certification pending.
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On May 13, Jack saw the owl again and got this photo:
