10-Miler Route Long Run

Boring Title, Exciting Run (sort of). If you count a bunch of hills and freezing your bum as exciting, then this run was exciting. Gayatri and I met Elizabeth and her friend, Leslie, for our long run Saturday. We started at the Rock, and ran a bulk of the EAS 10-miler course.

I have never run on Pecos before, and I was sad that it was still dark when we went through there. I like to look at the lovely houses and yards to avoid thinking about the hills I'm struggling up. I do think it was on one of those hills that I ranted, "Why did I pick this route?!"

We were pleasantly surprised to see Gazelle water at Scenic and River Road. The sun was up by then, so Gayatri could see the Bavarian Mansion (as I call it) on Scenic. Gayatri has never run on Scenic, so she hasn't had the pleasure of gawking at the homes. Elizabeth has been to a party at the Bavarian Mansion and talked of this immense and beautiful deck along the back. We all commented on the gargantuan home that has its own bridge over the road to get down to their boat dock. We debated on it being a single-family home or something else. It's ridiculously huge, and rather absurd, imo. Although, I think all gigantic homes are absurd (and I mean GIGANTIC and ABSURD).

We finished the run on the trail to get the extra 1/2 mile in. Elizabeth ran to Runtex to get more milage, while we drove over to Runtex. It was a nippy morning, and the sun felt soothing on my back during stretching. I had to dash off to get to Joshua's soccer game and then zip from there to a birthday party and rush from there home to shower and prepare for the small town wedding.

One day I want to have nothing at all to do, and I want to wake up and say, "What do you want to do today? What sounds like fun?"