Six mile run

I ran with the Kingwood FIT gang this morning. The route was horrific and I made this known by some of the other head coaches, because I don't know who officially selects the routes. Of all the beautiful places to run in Kingwood, we ran four miles alongside Northpark. The traffic, exhaust fumes, concrete, small sidewalks, and constant yielding to cars entering/leaving parking lots was stressful.

The route was 4.40 miles, but the coach ahead of me increased the pace after the turn around. I wasn't in position to keep pace, so I took a quarter mile walk break and finished at my usual pace. The kids joined me today; I pushed Preston in the stroller and Alison followed on her bike. The kids did great!

After the group run, I came home and ran on the bayou trails. I needed a couple extra miles, plus I felt the desire to distress from the “street running”. Funny occurrence happened while running on the trails.  I was looking at the creek when I noticed a snake near my foot while in mid-stride. I jumped in the air, resulting in a kicking action. The timing was so perfect that the snake had crossed on TOP of my foot when I jumped, which threw the snake in the air and ONTO my chest. It was a startling moment. Thankfully it was merely a ribbon snake and no one was there to see me running scared like a French solider.

I didn’t log the walking, but I easily covered one-mile.

Run:

6.10 miles

1:10:02

11:29 pace

The rest of the day was spent with the kids. We went out to eat, rode go-carts, and played around the house before taking them back to Erin’s.