This morning I went out on my run all alone…  One of my BRF’s was at spin class and the other BRF texted me last night to say that her knee was bothering her.  Without a tempo run or specific goal for today’s run I had trouble focusing, so I just ran and took a few walk breaks a lot of pictures for you.  With the Cruisers’ Ultra Training Run coming up on Sunday, I should be taking it easy on my legs anyway…

I seriously can never get tired of my beautiful neighborhood trails, so I guess that’s why I constantly post pictures of them.  Won’t you please join me for a run one morning?

AFTrail

We could stop and eat some wild blackberries…

Blackberry

Or say hi to the beautiful deer tick host Lyme disease carrying creature…

DeerAlongTrail

Or stop and pet this beauty…  I see Kira and her person almost every day on the trail.  Kira and I are kindred souls because we both have one blue eye and one brown eye!  Well, actually my left eye is only half brown…

KiraDog

Or we could stop and pet a snake…  Let’s all say it together, “Eeeeeeewwwww!!!!!!!”  I see a lot of snakes on my runs through the wooded trails of my community and on the open W&OD Trail.  This morning I saw this dude (northern water snake) swimming in the creek right beside my house.  I’m not crazy about snakes, but I really don’t mind one slithering across the trail or through the grass; however, there’s something that really creeps me out about snakes in the water.  They glide through the water so gracefully (unlike my stroke), but send shivers through my spine nonetheless!

WaterSnake

To my blogger friends that were looking forward to a shout out today in my “Top Ten Tuesday” post, I didn’t get it finished in time…  Sorry about that!  It will be posted next Tuesday, I promise!

  • Questions:
  • Which do you like best, blackberries or raspberries?
  • When can I pencil you in to join me on a run?  🙂
  • Kira or the water snake?