Ran on the canal road today. I was supposed to run yesterday, but had to be to work early and then night was YUCK wind, so ran this morning. That wind was WOW. Kelly lost 4 sections of fence. BENT the posts over. (She has a vinyl fence). I was supposed to keep it easy today. I tried. I know it wasn't as easy as it should have been, but at least it was closer. 55:17/7:52 AP Splits (7:44, 7:21, 7:35, 7:47, 8:40 (uphill), 7:50, 8:05) On my second mile I was about .25 into it and realized I was GAINING on a biker. SOOOOOO, I picked up the pace. Caught her. I kinda felt bad, she was struggling, not a "seasoned" biker, to me she seemed like more of a beginner, and I thought "I hope she doesn't get discouraged that a runner passed her." Is that awful that I thought she was a beginner? We were on a incline and the wind was in our face, but she was on a road bike and not wearing all the fancy bike clothes......and she just looked like she was having a hard time. Maybe she was just finishing and she had already ridden 50 miles. Well, I was excited to have a biker be my "carrot". On my third mile I was watching this runner come towards me and all of a sudden the runner JUMPED and screamed. She was on the other side of the road, I smiled and thought she was trying to stay away from the grasshoppers that are invading the valley, I yelled, "just step on them." She yelled back "SNAKE!". "COOL", so I took a run over to that side of the road and found the snake. Darn, it was dead. Scared that lady though. Have a great day!
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