All Downhill From Here

Dang it, this blog chair is slippery lately. I’m having a hard time staying in it long enough to post.

A couple of ORNs:
Tuesday it was warm and sunny when I got out with Gord’s runners and Krista was back, oh Hallelujah! I was starting to miss her. It would have been nice to see Tanya too, but they seem to be alternating on me, and what’s happened to Tim lately? Tim? You out there? I digress. Krista and I did a very nice run out to the Tom Campbell hill and then went up and down a couple of the Bridgeland hills on the way back. We walked a little more than usual, in the middle, but in the flat stretch on the way back home Krista challenged me to a block of as-fast-as-you-can. She told me I’d better be ahead of her, too. Hah! and then she ran so fast I could barely keep up! That woman can SPRINT. I bet if we’d done it 3 times I would have beaten her in the third, though. 30/30s for her next week 🙂

Thursday it was about 12C/54F and I got out in a warm, gentle, lovely rain. It had rained harder for most of the day, but while I was out it was pretty much a drizzle. I ran the first 2 miles at a pretty good clip and then slowed down to meander through some wooded single-track dirt trails. I’m being very careful with footing in an effort not to injure myself before my upcoming road marathon, but I just can’t stay away from the smell of wet dirt and fresh new leaves.

I covered about 6 km in each run.

Last night Little Runner and I headed out to Spruce Meadows to watch some of The National, and Coach Dianne met us there. We ate supper in the stands and chatted about riders with names like Rich Fellers, Ian Miller, Beezy Madden and Eric Lamaze. Little Runner had fun rolling down the grassy slope between the rush seats and the ring. It was a little chilly out and threatening to rain, so the crowd was pretty thin. On Sunday when we go back I’m sure the crowds will be thicker no matter what the weather.

We made it home just in time to tuck Little Runner in and watch the Fifa World Cup with Soccer Boy. Since I’ve got a German living next door, I’ve actually been to Germany once, and I’d had a Heineken earlier at Spruce Meadows, I cheered for Germany. I’ve never really followed World Cup soccer before, but being a soccer (and now a referee) mom, I considered it educational for SB. and me. Doesn’t hurt to be a Global Citizen once in a while.

Working on the May Challenge results  and June Challenge now. Really…