Much of March now gone. Spring. Suddenly. I've been carrying on this blog in my head. Writing lines here and there. The pain of logging on and blogging down.
Spring reared up last week, temperatures climbing near 70 degrees, so I went, finally, for a trail run. After the trails were pretty much too slick with ice. Icy patches were everywhere. And sometimes my foot went into muck up to me ankles. A very tough run. Then the next day we got a foot of snow, with a bit of wintry mix thrown in so that the snow was thick with an ice crust. Fun.
So, I've been doing a bit of road work. And thinking, should I do this 30k this Saturday. My oh my how my brain is spinning. I'm actually physically frightened to do this thing. It's a big psychological hurdle for me because it will be the longest distance I have ever run. Training runs, trail runs included. Mmmmm. I guess I don't fancy myself a distance runner just yet. I know I can do a 10k, a 15k, and even a half marathon. But a 30k? Shimmy shake.
My mind is holding this event up as some right of passage. Either I do it and come through okay. Or. I. What? Break down, fall down, fail to finish, chicken out.
Next weekend is the drive up to Chicago to visit my brother. The longing for road and road trip. Maybe a glance at Lima, Ohio, place of early years, memories.
Things Seen:
- hawk gliding on a morning thermal down to our backyard woods, then being chased away by a cawing crow
- Squirrel skittering down from a maple tree in the morning, sniffing around, then climbing back up to a small broken branch and sunning itself, hunkering down with its claws holding tightly, eyes growing heavy, heavy, then closing--then a wake up chirp and a cat-like pause and stretch on the climb down
- two-man crew working to clear a home site on a hill, yellow Cats clawing at rocky ground, the whine of a chainsaw biting into a stout mature tree, which shook, cracked and toppled with huge bounce
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