A Sunday Sixteen!

Today was good training for El Scorcho.  I didn't leave the house until 7:30am and it was already 76° outside.  Luckily it was overcast and breezy but very humid.  I ran my long route which takes me way out in the country.  And it seemed even more country today because they have dug up some of the roads and now they are gravel.  I must have run at least 3 miles on gravel which is a lot more tricky than paved roads.

 

A lot of this run is farmland.  My view to the left and right ... fields of some crop!  Obviously I'm no farmer!
 

Then I ran past a cool cemetery.  It was established in 1874.  And this was also my half-way point.  So I stopped for my 5-Hour Energy.  I haven't had any of that in awhile.  I only drink it on runs that are longer than 15 miles and this was my first since White Rock in December.  It's good stuff.  Notice my splits at the end of this post after I got my energy boost.

At about mile 10 I ran past a horse breeding farm.  The sign makes me smile ... first because it has my name on it (Well, almost ... if I spelled Robyn with an "i" it would be my name.)  And the part about "breeding for pleasure" is just funny!

It was here that I met my new horse friend.  He was so sweet!!

And we got to know each other a little too well.  :P  That 3rd picture is just awful ... I didn't even know it was possible to have that many chins!  But he kissed me right on the lips!!

Moving on, I ran through Venus and past my favorite barn of all times.  Love the Texas flag on it.

Then past some really pretty flowers and more fields.  This number 15 marker was at about mile 13.  At about that time I was soooo hot and really wishing it marked my 15 mile mark!

Mile 15 was through the town of Britton (love the old bank!) and across the railroad tracks.

And that's about it.  Here is a very sweaty, very exhausted, very happy runner after 16 miles in the heat.

I was very happy with my splits today.  But they're not quite accurate because I stopped several times to take pictures and my watch auto-pauses.  I need to fix that but that would require finding the owner's manual.  I'll fix it before El Scorcho.  :)

I didn't even realize anyone actually read this blog but me but I have had 4 of you ask me why I don't update it anymore so here ya go.  I'll try to post more frequently again.  Not promising every day but definitely a couple of times per week.  But to prove that I actually have been running, this will get you up to date on my last several weeks.

Whew!  That was a lot of information!!  Good job if you made it this far!  Tomorrow is a 10-mile run.  That's difficult on a school day because I have to be finished before 6:45 so I can get the kids up.  Looks like it will be an EARLY morning!