Honest to Blog?

Background Noise: red socks v. yankees
Last Visited: Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
Random Thought: note to self: wear higher socks when hiking
Mood: resting between outings

There's an odd sense of foreboding when at the head of a hiking trail there are clear, detailed instructions about what you do if attacked by a mountain lion.

Now, on the one hand, i'm grateful for the step by step procedures because really the only thing that comes to mind about scaring off mountain lions comes from the first The Parent Trap movie, i have that a feeling that particular advice wouldn't really cut it.

... On the other hand, i have to admit i thought twice before stepping out alone onto that trail knowing that if I really did come across one of those majestic (and probably hungry) creatures, I'd be pretty screwed. And here i thought i liked hiking / taking pictures by myself. Oh well, while my heart might have skipped a few beats more than once at some odd sounds I still went and Im pretty happy with the pictures that came out of the hike, so yeay.

In other news, I'm thrilled to say that Christian has weighed in on this pseudo-debate going around about how best to improve my running speed / distance; so that makes 3.5 former / current runners giving me completely conflicting advice. Excellent. I suppose i'll just have to continue to follow what i hear, fail miserably, laugh it off, and keep working... which is pretty much my current plan.

Christian's best advice was to remind me that at the end of the day, regardless of the training program i'm on, the point of my running is me; not John, or Nic, or Christian, or Will or any of those boys who can run faster / longer than i can; the point is how much i've improved, where i'm headed, and not killing myself in the process; nothing more, nothing less.

Obviously I need to hang out with Christian more; good thing he's discovered the train.

And now, my Sunday continues. Later.

(Good thing I'm a screamer - step 2b in How to Protect Yourself From A Mountain Lion is "Be Loud.")

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