this morning the weather was terrific. i don’t know what the temp was but it felt cool and humid with no wind and light rain. While my run was slow, it was a good, honest effort with a one mile warm up (10:30), a mile at tempo (8:37), one mile recovery (10:55), 2nd mile at tempo (8:59) then a ten milute cool down. i feel like i’m running just for general health and fitness and to maintain the conditioning level i have. that’s ok and very worthwhile. the half is out there and seems like such a long way off, but will be here before i know it.
while out trimming back the climbing roses, which have gone berserk with all this rain, i found this guy, a baby dove, waiting for mom to return with breakfast (and for me to get the heck away from the nest). i’d like to move the yard with us too.
here are a couple more pictures of the latest grandson. he’s three weeks old in these pics.
7 responses so far ↓
Try // July 6, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Two cute little fellas!
Susan // July 6, 2007 at 3:37 pm
wasn’t it raining on you?
Rob // July 6, 2007 at 9:14 pm
When I did landscaping for a living I used to hate when I would discover a nest while pruning bushes. I like to leave them alone rather than destroy their cover.
I like the tempo mile followed by a recovery mile. I think I’ll give it a try.
IHateToast // July 6, 2007 at 11:05 pm
dooooood! a red headed mohawk. he is so hip. he’ll be all about quadrophenia and vespas in no time.
iliketoast // July 11, 2007 at 6:05 am
is that worth half a one in the hand?
Anne // July 12, 2007 at 4:09 pm
That little guy’s quite a looker. He also appears to have inherited his granddad’s temperment.
Rich // July 14, 2007 at 9:52 am
Look at that hair!!