Friday the 13th - yep, snake on the trail

Yesterday was Friday the 13th ... the good news is I was able to get in a 5-mile lunchtime run (Greenway Trail starting from the Boulder Street steps)... the bad news ... SNAKE ON THE TRAIL, of course! Hope you are able to get out this weekend, too.

Garden of the Gods 10 Miler - wow.

I hadn't ran the Garden of the Gods 10 miler for several years ... I thought I would see where I am at as far as endurance and speed almost 5 years apart from the last time I did it. The route has changed a bit (it now starts and ends in Manitou at Memorial Park)... but what a great run ... beautiful scenery ... perfect weather ... I felt fantastic ... lots, and lots of runners and no SNAKES ON THE TRAIL encounters either! I finished (like usual) in the middle of the pack, but with my second best time ever out of all the times that I have done this race. The water stations were manned by area high school running teams - they had their own brand of competition going on. Pretty cool. I liked them all - one thing that they did have in common - water on the right. Gatorade on the left! Hope you got out this weekend, too.

Can you tell the weather is real nice here?

It's been a couple of weeks since my last post. The weather in Colorado Springs (other than the wind) has been ideal for running and not a single SNAKE ON THE TRAIL encounter to deal with either. A buddy of mine did see a bear on the Greenway Trail just below Wal-Mart last Saturday (the Greenway trail veers off over Monument Creek via a pedestrian bridge but another trail goes under I-25 and heads towards Bear Creek Park right there). My friend said the bear was headed east. News reports later said that a bear was sighted as far east as Airport Road here in the Springs, WOW!

Great run on a hot day.

I'm coming off an awesome 6.5 mile run in Palmer Park over the weekend (I used to be able to run consecutive days ... oh, well, at least I'm still out there.) Lunch time, no water, High noon! A HOT 4.25 miler on the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail (I started from the Boulder Street steps) and no SNAKES ON THE TRAIL encounters to report, either. How 'bout that? With this incredible weather, hope you got out, too.

Friday on my mind. Snake on the trail.

Got in a 5-miler last Friday. The usual, started from the Boulder St. steps on the Pikes Peak Greenway trail. I run out 2.5 miles and turnaround. Sure enough, on the return trip, just about to go under the Unitah Street bridge ... I glance over to my left ... SNAKE ON THE TRAIL. Why do snakes cross the trail? To get to the other ssssssssside I guess. This one was no doubt heading for Monument creek. Still a great, great run. Hope you got out, too.

Cinco De Mayo - Snake-Oh! De Mayo

A beautful Cinco De Mayo and I take off on a lunchtime 5-mile run. I start at America the Beautiful Park just off of Colorado Ave., just west of downtown Colorado Springs. I cross the pedistrian bridge from the park and make my way north from mile marker 30 to the turn around at Fonternero (Mile Marker 32.5) on the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail. The trail actually crosses over Monument Creek (a concrete bridge) just below Bijou Street. I'm on the way back and just about to the finish line at mile marker 30 (5 miles round trip) and there, about 6-feet in front of me ... SNAKE ON THE TRAIL! He slithers across heading back to the creek. Glad I saw him when I did! Still it was a great run! Hope you got out, too.

A mid-week run worth talking about.

Did the 4-mile lunchtime run. Started at the Boulder Street steps and headed north on the Pikes Peak Greenway trail. It was down-right hot! So yes, again I was a no-shirt guy. Happy to say no SNAKES ON THE TRAIL encounters to report. However, noticing more and more grasshoppers springing to life and other than that Wilderness dude on the Discovery Channel, what or who enjoys eating a tasty grasshopper? Snake. Watch your step. Hope you were able to get out today.