The Anti-Running Runner

There are certain places where I love to run. Weedon Island Preserve is one of them. It's far enough away now that I don't often get to run there. Plus they don't allow dogs. Hubby and I decided to run there yesterday for about an hour. He knows the trails, luckily, because I would get extremely lost without him. The trail run is hubby's favorite type. I also love trail running. It's like an adventure. And Weedon is really pretty. My pace is much slower than hubby's, so he decided to make it more challenging for the first two miles. He filled a bag with forty pounds of sand. Then he put that bag in a backpack. Then he put that backpack on his back. Seriously, there is a 40 pound sandbag in his pack! Yes, hubby is hardcore. Those who know him will not be surprised by this. Me, on the other hand? I can barely carry myself during a run. So the first two miles, we were at my pace, but hubby kept up like a champ. And even sped up as we got ...

I mentioned my Minnesota trip and my longer runs, but I haven't blogged about those yet. So I thought I would play catch up using pictures. I added all my (better) Minnesota pics to Facebook. The ones here are taken by my iTouch, which is never the best quality, but not terrible either. On one of my runs in Duluth... Down the street from Mom and Dad's house, I saw some deer. I made friends with a neighborhood cat. According to Mom, there aren't very many cats in their neighborhood. This guy was so sweet and friendly. A spot where the flooding from this year caused damage. But still beautiful Fall trees in the distance. A nice downhill trek. Back up, not as fun. Love the Fall colors. Proof that I'm running. Sorta. I guess it's not really proof. It's so pleasant out I'm not even sweating. Lake Superior. More proof. Back in St. Pete....... A ten mile run. Beautiful, HOT day, but there was a nice co...