Thanks Tim & Elspeth (and the Jeep) for dragging the big one into place!
New guard rails
Running Partners
Nick’s hawk
Broadwinged hawk in walnut tree at Export, by Nick, using monocular camera.
Float the Boat?
Cora in Carmen
Summer Opera at Wolf Trap
4th of July 5-miler
Run 39, race, Fri 4 July, 7:30am, Fallen Heroes 5-Miler, new course, my time 49:27, 9:54 pace, 1st of 6 men 70-99, 33rd of 71 men 50-99, sunny, 68°F, 20°C, Humidity 87%, Wind NNW 1mph, UV 1, AT 72°F, Activity Feel 72°F. I’d done a 5-mile warmup. Photo shows FARC club members at the start. Race finishers: 432.
Arriving home
after a quick jaunt to the bottom of the jungle, 4pm, 94 °F, 34 °C.
28 June, 2025 13:21
Run 37, Sat Jun 28, 6:15am, Hyperion Run extended, 9.95 miles, 2:01:02, 12:10 pace, forgot to start Strava but did start MapMyRun, 1st 3.6mi with John A, MMR said total 9.95 miles, 2:01:02, overcast, occ lt drizzle, 72°F, 22°c, Humidity 94%, Wind SSW 1mph, UV 0, AT 78°F, Activity Feel 78°F
20 June, 2025 10:56
Run 35, Fri June 20th 6am, FARC Friday 6am fun run, 5.14 miles, 54:15, 10:33, sunny, 63°F, Humidity 94%, Wind NNW 1mph, UV 0, AT 66°F, Activity Feel 66°F. Photo by Allison X, on the Chatham Bridge.
Primary Election
Hartwood Precinct, 17 June 2025, in Hartwood Elementary School’s cafeteria: Lisa Nguyen (electoral board rep), Darrel Evans, Bob Jankovits, Chuck Schafer, Russell Reeves, Edwin Ridout, Chris Chrislip. This was a Democratic Party open primary election for Virginia lieutenant governor and attorney general. From 6am to 7pm we served 103 voters. Statewide winners to be Democratic candidates in November: of six nominees to run for lieutenant governor, Ghazala F. Hashmi, 27.5%; of two nominees to run for attorney general, Jay C. Jones, 51.11%.
