Running 26:09 [2] 4.59 km (5:42 / km) +110m 5:05 / km
shoes: R-NB 891's
AM run, before work. I'm really sluggish when I just roll out of bed and run. Not fun.
Running long 1:26:59 [2] 14.88 km (5:51 / km) +296m 5:19 / km
shoes: R-NB 891's
Loop around the canyon north of Qualcomm San Diego, after work, before flight. Made my flight with about 7 minutes to spare, but that wasn't the most memorable event of the afternoon.
Rather, as I was running down a trail, I heard, in the grass to my left, a rattle, and thought "oh my, that sounds like a rattlesnake... just keep running lightly, and you'll pass by it..." as I had way to much momentum to turn around, and skidding to a stop right next to the rattle sound didn't seem to sensible.
Of course I wanted to look for the source of the sound, to see what I was dealing with, and as the sound came up to about 90-degrees off to my left, I spotted it. A snake. A rattle snake. A 4 foot long, fairly thick, brown rattlesnake. Slowly tensing itself back into strike position as I passed by. "Oh my g*d. F*$. aaah....." Stomach muscles tensing to the point I almost gave myself a hernia.... And then I was past it. It didn't jump. I didn't pass out in shock.
All of which happened in about 2 seconds.
Good thing Angelica doesn't read this. She's not a fan of snakes.