Bats!

Distance: 3 miles
Time: 27:56
Location: Powhatan-Mesquite-Nisqually-Joshua Loop

*Note - This run occurred Friday, June 24th.

After an amazing run at the beach on Tuesday, the rest of the trip down at Newport Beach was spent pretty much relaxing. We returned home on Thursday and by Friday I knew it was time to get running again. My feet still felt a little achy after running barefoot on the hard, wet sand, but it wasn't so bad that it kept me in. In fact, much to my delight, my wife came along with me! She didn't run, though. She opted to ride her bike alongside me. It was great having her out there with me. She rode ahead most of the way and acted almost like a pacer. I decided to run the same 3-mile route I ran back on June 1st, which was my first 3 miler of the season. Then I clocked in a measly 28:09, and today I did only slightly better with a 27:56. I'm not sure what caused my setback in time, since less than a week earlier I had run a 27:06. It could have been having my wife there and feeling more "relaxed," talking and enjoying my time outside. I never really felt exhausted the same way I did the previous week when I was running in the low 27s. All the same it was a good run. And to cap it all off, on the last mile as we headed west on Powhatan Road, we were met with a group of bats, darting to and fro all around us! My wife at first thought a dragonfly had flown by her head, but I informed her it was actually a bat after seeing them fly above us (she was not too happy about that). It was getting dark on a warm night, so conditions were perfect for them to be out and getting their evening meal. It was a cool experience.