Running with ducks

Today... I ran. I ran for the first time in over a week. I love to run and I can not for the life of me figure out why I am not attempting to make more time for it. Sure I've been trying to do more walks with Isaac. But rain and wind have prevented from doing them this week. Call me crazy but I am not in the mood to push a stroller when winds are 40-50 miles per hr.  Plus the few times I have gone when it's been windy Isaac got fussy.

I ran four miles. My pace was about 11:15 min/mile. My legs left tight and I had to stop to stretch my calves several times. Other than the legs... I felt pretty good. But with tight legs you'd think this would encourage me to stretch afterwards... but I felt so gross I got in the shower right away. I must learn to stretch more after runs.

I almost didn't run today. But all the sudden at about 6:15pm I thought... I'm gonna go for a run. So I did. I am really going to make an effort to run 2-3 times a week. Even if its just 2 miles. There is a quick 2 mile route that I could do.  It's important that I stay active. I have been to lazy. Yes remind me that I have a newborn and that it is okay that I am not doing intense workouts. But in reality... I could probably squeeze in more runs... especially shorter ones like 2 miles.

I really wish I had my camera on my run today. I saw the funniest thing and it was pretty cute too. I was about half to a block away from the intersection and I couldn't figure out why no cars were going anywhere. Then I see it. A duck. Crossing the street. Not only was it crossing the street but it was following the law because it was crossing the street in the crosswalk. Following her were several baby ducklings! Aweeee! So funny that they were in the crosswalk too! It kinda looked like this....

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Ducks are pretty cool. They've never gotten angry when I run past them when their babies are around. Geese... now thats another story. I remember this one time I almost got eaten by two geese. Okay not really but they hissed at me and I thought I was going to be attacked. There was no way I could go around either. One side of me had trees and brush.... the other side had a lake. I went past them suuuuper slow. All the while this HIIIIIIISSSSED.

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Have you ever been hissed at by a goose? Ever been chased? Bitten?

Did you run today?