We had a small turnout for our Cruisers group run this morning. It was as lean as my work week was with so many people on vacation. Bill, Beth, and I ran 14 miles together after Beth had already run two miles. She’s training for the Wineglass Marathon in October. Alan doesn’t have a race scheduled for the fall, so he’s not running as many miles this summer.
This unnamed Cruiser had on the best shorts and shirt combo this morning! She said she got dressed in the dark this morning so she wouldn’t wake up her husband, but I think that she laid this awesome outfit out last night. Don’t ‘cha just love fun running clothes?
We ran past these very fragrant flowers on the trail. There were all along the trail for less that a quarter of a mile and I don’t ever remember seeing them before….
Do you know what kind of flower they are?
As we stopped to check out the flowers, we saw a feral cat run across the trail behind us. About ten strides back into our run, I looked up beside the trail and saw these three cats sitting, sleeping, and bathing on a rooftop. We often see feral cats along this section of the trail, and today we aptly named it Feral Cat Alley!
After our turnaround, we headed back to our cars with an overall average pace of 9:47 for our 14-mile run. Bill caught a quick picture of Beth and me running by and it’s now my favorite running picture!
After our run in near perfect weather, I trained one client at the wellness center, and then Bill and I had lunch on the deck.
Joseph and Daniel were both here for the evening so we decided to make pizzas and have a family TV night. This was Daniel’s base for their pizza!
They added tomato slices and mozzarella cheese chunks to theirs (and pepperoni to half of it).
We put mushrooms, onions and tomatoes on ours. I took this picture before I added the mozzarella cheese. Our pizzas were adequate, but nothing more… Note to self, either make my tried-and-true homemade pizza crust and sauce, or order Paisano’s!
After dinner we watched a little baseball, finished a movie we started before dinner, and watched these two hilarious videos!
And guess what! Our Natties are finally starting to win a few games!
- Questions:
- Do you have any idea what kind of flowers those are?
- What’s your favorite thing to put on a homemade pizza?
- Who’s your favorite baseball team?
I used to work at a nursery and knew all kinds of flowers/plants. I am going to guess that this is a form of wild honeysuckle.
Yay for homemade pizzas! I love them. Mushrooms are my all-time favorite pizza topping, but if I have just done a long run, I like to go for sausage. It’s gross but I love grease after a long run.
You might be on to something with the honeysuckle. We have a spring blooming honeysuckle native to the area that has a yellow center and grows wild all along the trail. Perhaps this is a different variety that has spread to the trail from someones yard. Thanks!
LOVE those videos! Again, thanks for sharing! I need to get myself a fuel belt like that! So sad about the cats… I hope someone is feeding them!
Those cats look fat and happy! I think the people in the businesses along the area might feed them. There’s a big junk yard near there. Maybe instead of having a junk yard dog, they have junk yard cats! 🙂
Now that is quite the running outfit! I love giving areas where I run nicknames. That picture that Bill got of y’all would be a great one to use with some kind of inspirational quote in the bottom right corner. Then it can go viral on Pinterest and Facebook.
Your pizzas look yummy! I like putting chunks of fresh pineapple on my pizza when I make a homemade one. And OMG those videos were hilarious! They remind me of when I was little and my younger sister would NOT wear tights for church. My dad had to put them back in the drawer, take out the same pair, and tell her they were “loosey’s” instead of tights. However, I may have been a bit more difficult than her. I had a thing about having to dress myself, but I took forever. One morning my dad was running late for work and he put my underwear on for me and then I did the rest. We got to the front door to leave and I realized I hadn’t put my own underwear on, so I stripped down at the front door, took off my underwear and put it back on. I don’t remember doing so, but the story has been told many times.
HaHa! I love that story about you redressing yourself! 🙂
Aww, poor kitties!
I’m a big fan of BBQ chicken pizza and I usually add red onion to it (and sometimes bacon!). We also will brush the dough with a little olive oil and sprinkle some oregano on it. Takes it that little extra step!
As we were eating the pizzas, I commented that I should have sprinkled a little oregano on it!
That picture of you and Beth running would make a wonderful cover photo on facebook!! Although your current cover photos are sweet too. Too many good pictures to choose from!
It would be a great cover photo! Thanks for the idea! 🙂
I could totally run with you guys! That is around the same pace that I run my double digits (well. not all, but most of them!)! I love making homemade pizza! That is the only way I will eat pizza anymore. I love goat cheese, roasted bell peppers and onions! I was brought up always rooting for the San Francisco Giants, until the day I die!!! It is in my blood. My hubby on the other hand is from Cleveland, OH so he is all about Cleveland Sports!!! We are a bi-coastal family!!
And we would totally love to have you run with us, but it would be a very long drive for a run! Talk about bi-coastal! 🙂
I would love your pizza with the toppings you choose!