Another warm day today, blue cloudless sky, birdsong filling the air, butterflies dancing about. And for the uphill portion of my run, not another human to be seen. Instead, I was treated to the sight of 3 coyote pups dashing across the trail I was on. I stopped to scan the surroundings for mama coyote. There she was, uphill off to the side watching for my next move. I decided she'd be happiest if I moved on, so off I went ...ahead to the west while the pups played in the creek to the south.
Today's run brought the week's mileage to 67.5. I think this is the highest weekly total I've ever achieved. And it's my 3rd 60+ mile week of the last 4 weeks. Gearing up!
A bit of running background: I've been running regularly since 1978 and have now logged 46,106.5 lifetime miles. This includes 26 marathons - but nothing longer than a marathon (unless you count the one marathon where I went off course and added a 9 minute detour to my run). I'm not the most athletically gifted human on the planet, but I have a whole lot of stubborn which should serve me well on next summer's run from Boulder, Colorado to Petoskey, Michigan!
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