run: 3.05 miles
2 trails
60 degrees
Another cooler morning. Sun, low wind, good air. I’ve cut back on running this month because my left hip is tight and my left kneecap has been shifting in the groove a little too much. Plus, I’m swimming more. Oh, and I had to take several days off because of COVID. And then, of course, we (much more Scott than me) moved Scott’s dad out of his apartment and into assisted living. A strange month.
Listened to the cars, blue jays, a few rowers, and an adult instructing some kids on bikes — you’re biking uphill now, so you should shift gears for most of the run. For the last mile, I put in my headphones and listened to Camelot.
10 Things I Ran On/Over/Around
- soft, dry dirt
- grass
- concrete
- dead leaves, still intact
- dead leaves, half mulched
- dead leaves, mostly mucky dirt
- asphalt, only a few cracks
- asphalt, rubbled
- limestone steps
- tree roots
10 Living Things Encountered
- a runner with her dog on the winchell trail
- a walker from behind — excuse me excuse me right behind you!
- the voice of a rower drifting up from the river
- the voice of 2 women walkers drifting down from the road
- the fee bee of a black capped chickadee
- a group of bikers — an adult + several kids
- an older male runner
- a young female runner
- someone emerging from the porta potty, rubbing in hand sanitizer as they crossed the trail
- a screeching, moaning, whining voice coming from an alley — a raccoon? a dog? nope, a kid in a stroller
swim: 3 loops (6 small loops)
cedar lake open swim
79 degrees
A great swim! Not too windy or wavy or crowded. I barely saw the buoys but it doesn’t matter at cedar. People swim everywhere here. I thought I saw my shadow below me in the water. Is that possible? No fish, but a few birds. Every so often the sun reflected off the water and everything glowed. Today’s reason it’s wonderful to swim in the lake: I don’t need to SEE (as in, fine detail, fast focus, clear images) to navigate. And, my way of seeing — forms, relying on big landmarks, not panicking when things don’t quite make sense — helps me to see as good, or probably better, than most normally sighted people.