Mud Badge of Courage
Saturday club run
Red Fox
Twice on the same day at northeast fence corner on the Rocky Roots Trail.
My 200th foot race
Run 34, Sat Aug 8th, 7:30am, my 200th race: 3H Half Marathon, (hazy, hot and humid), on the Dahlgren Trail, King George County, Virginia. 13.1 miles out and back. 2:47:44, 12:49 pace.1st of 5 in M70-79, but 10th of 21 in M50-99.
Fell on loose gravel at mile 6 and again at mile 7 (possibly same spot!)
Ran on 4 hours of sleep. Thought I heard a bobwhite call, three times, near mile 3.
Sunny but mostly in shade, newish trail shoes. At 7:30am start: 73°F, 23°C, Humidity 94%, Wind WSW 2mph, UV 2, AT 83°F, Activity Feel 83°F, 28°C. By 11am arriving home, the car said it was 93°F, 34°C.
Tosca at Wolf Trap
Cora appeared both as a girl in the children’s chorus, and as a boy busker in the video segments interspersed into the production (her face filling the screen at one point.)
Smoke Day
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.
Crepe Myrtles at Belmont
Defying the Canadian wildfire smoke. Apparently crepe and crape are both correct, but I do like crêpes.
Squirrel-Proof
4th of July 5-Miler
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
HOA treasury handover
after 23 years.