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#100happydays Day 75 – Darn weather – where’s summer?

#100happydays Day 75 – Darn weather – where’s summer?

I think a lot of us are still waiting for summer. The temperatures have been below normal and there seems to have been more rainy days than necessary. I mean, I haven’t got tan lines and my grass it growing faster than ever.

#100happydays Day 75 - Darn weather - were's summer?

This was the temperature outside this morning.

To look on the bright side of this cooler summer weather we sat down and made a list. When I asked Glenis to come up with 3-4 reasons why she liked the cooler weather, she told me that it would be tough for her unless I was asking about coolers and then she could list 3 or 4 of her favorite flavors. LOL

While this isn’t a list of cooler flavors, here are our good reasons to like cool summer weather:

  • Because when I’m at work I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything – Glenis
  • I’m not drinking as much – Glenis
  • The grass and weeds don’t grow as quickly (maybe on Glenis’s lawn)
  • Cheaper air conditioning bill – Glenis
  • Fresh air – Glenis
  • Can still cuddle with my favorite blankies at night – Glenis
  • Still wearing my all in one jammies – Glenis
  • Can let the hair grow on my legs because no one is seeing them – Glenis
  • Still feel like I have time before bathing suit weather is upon on – Glenis
  • Trails are softer to run on. – Janis
  • Quicker recovery in cool weather- Janis
  • You can wear more clothing leaving less skin exposed to the sun and bugs – Janis
  • My hair isn’t as frizzy – Janis
  • There is water in the creeks – Janis
  • The farmers are a little happier – Janis
  • Deer flies don’t buzz around in the rain – Janis
  • No sweat marks in the office  – Janis
  • No frying in the sun when volunteering at races – Janis

We know this weather is better than last winter, and that alone is something to be happy about, burrr, but a little heat would go along way to make us feel like we had a summer.

 

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#100happydays Day 73 Bugs on the bathroom wall.

#100happydays Day 73 Bugs on the bathroom wall.

When I was camping earlier this month, a midnight trip to the loo found me face to face with this bug on the bathroom wall.

This little fellow was just hanging around. At 1 in the morning, he looked pretty darn big!

This little fellow was just hanging around. At 1 in the morning, he looked pretty darn big!

The bathroom was full of creepy crawlies, banging against the light and scurrying up the wall. This particular creature looks like a harvestman. Did you know that a harvestman or daddy long legs isn’t a spider even though it is from the arachnids family as are scorpions, mites and ticks? A spider has two body parts but this fellow only has one.

I found this on the Henderson State University website:

Harvestmen essentially have an oval body without the separation. They also do not produce silk or a web. They are not true spiders. Venom produced by spiders helps them in their role as predators, but harvestmen do not need venom because they are scavengers. They feed by searching over the ground or over plants for small insects, eggs, or dead material (either plant or animal). For protection, harvestmen can produce defensive chemicals that taste and smell bad. The Harvestman, or Grand-daddy Longlegs Is Not a Spider

You might be wondering why this is part of #100happydays, after all no one wants to run into a yucky bug unexpectedly. Well, with all the running in the woods, all the bushwhacking and swamp stomping Glenis and I have done, although we don’t like being surprised by them, we have pretty much given up on being squeamish about bugs. Isn’t that’s something to be happy about.

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#100happydays Day 52 Planning our next race – The North Face Endurance Challenge

#100happydays Day 52 Planning our next race  – The North Face Endurance Challenge

We are making plans for our next ½ marathon. The North Face Endurance Challenge is next Saturday and Sunday at Blue Mountain. This two day event features an 80k, full marathon and marathon relay on Saturday and a ½ marathon, 10k, 5k and kids race on Sunday.

We are planning on running the ½ marathon. It should be fun. After reviewing the course it looks like we run up the mountain on single track trails, do a little road running and then back on the trails along the top of the ski hills winding back down the hill to the finish. There is a 1700 foot difference in elevation so it should be a lung burner and a lot of fun. A lot of the course will be familiar to us because is includes areas we ran through on the Snowshoe raid last year.

The North Face Endurance Challenge 1/2 Marathon map.

The North Face Endurance Challenge 1/2 Marathon map.

After the race,  The North Face is hosting the Ontario finish line festival in Blue Mountain village with includes a meet and greet with Dean Karnazes. The North Face Global Athlete Team Member, Dean Karnazes, the ultramarathon man, will be answering questions, taking photos and signing autographs. Although Glenis and I will never be in his league, it’s always nice to rub shoulders with the elite!

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#100happydays Day 50! Finding time to run.

#100happydays Day 50! Finding time to run

We have a busy weekend coming up. Between the volunteering at the Rebecca Run, work, family time and doing stuff around the house we are running out of hours to get our long run in. A simple solution was to do it today. I have a great boss who let me come in an hour later today so Glenis and I had the same work hours today. Perfect weather, perfect morning to run, we couldn’t ask for anything better except; well maybe; the whole day off!

Running through the sunbeams on the trail.

Running through the sunbeams on the trail.

It would be so nice to  have the day, just sit and read!

It would be so nice to have the day, just sit and read!

I noticed the raspberries are getting tall, looks like there will be a bumper crop this year!

I noticed the raspberries are getting tall, looks like there will be a bumper crop this year!

We were running on the trails by 6:30am. Beautiful, cool, bright and no bugs. We got a great run in with hills on mostly single track trails. A great start to a perfect weekend.

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#100happydays Day 44 Hot summer running.

#100happydays Day 44 Hot summer running.

It had to be about 28C when we started out on our long run this morning. Beautiful. The darn deer flies were just waiting for us, but we didn’t let them get to us.

#100happydays Day 43 Hot summer run.

You can’t see them very well, but we were the first ones through the trail at 7am this morning, the the webs covered the entrance to the trail.

We had a great run then headed to Booster Juice for a recovery smoothy and then to soak our feet in the pool. Nice.

Ah - A soak in the pool after the run.

It feels so good to plunge our feet into cold water after our hot run.

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#100happydays Day 40 Take a book; Return a book

#100happydays Day 40 Take a book; Return a book

This morning’s run started off in a warm drizzle. We decided to do one of our usual routes backwards. We always chuckle to ourselves how running a trail backwards looks like a whole new trail; it can be much the same for a road run. The route takes us by some pretty homes along the river on a quite road that eventually runs out of sidewalk. Near the end of the road we were looking around at the damage a recent storm inflected on some of the properties when we spied a little “house” on a fence post sitting at the end of a drive way. In all our times running by this spot we had never noticed this little house. It was obvious that it had been there a while so we just had to investigate.

Wow, it was a Little Free Library, take a book; return a book! We didn’t even know there was one in our town, how cool is that!

#100happydays Day 40 A Hidden Library

Having a peek inside this cute little library full of books!

I found out a little more about the little free library at littlefreelibrary.org. What a great concept. You can find these cute little book houses throughout the US and Canada. I can’t believe we haven’t seen one before! Check it out, you might find one in your neighborhood!

#100happydays Day 40 Take a book; Leave a book

We found inside both adult and children’s books, a little library for everyone!
Take a book; Return a book

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#100happydays Day 37 Volunteer Day at Scanlon Creek

#100happydays Day 37 Volunteer Day at Scanlon Creek

We had a great run this morning at Scanlon Creek. We have a nice 5k route there and pulled off a sweet 20k before 10am.

We were wondering what all the activity was about in the parking lot and found out it was volunteer day. Scanlon hosts a day for park users and others to come out and lend a hand in maintaining and upgrading the trails and for general clean up. You can find out more on their Facebook page.

The park is always very clean and well maintained, kudos to all the hard working staff and volunteers.

Volunteers working one the trails at Scanlon Creek

Volunteers working one the trails at Scanlon Creek

 

 

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#100happydays Day 36 Lacing Up for our Morning Run

#100happydays Day 35  Lacing up for our morning run.

#100happydays Lacing up for our morning run

#100happydays Lacing up for our morning run.

Did you know that there are 100’s of ways to tie running shoes? The way you tie your shoe can affect the fit and feel of your shoes. Ian’s Shoelace Site  mentions 41 different ways of lacing shoes for comfort, fit and to reduce pain. Runner’s World has some excellent articles on lacing to prevent injury and relieve pain. Check them out.

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#100happydays Day 35 Shadows

#100happydays Day 35 Shadows

It was a beautiful early morning run, sunny and warming up and we had a guest out this morning!

#100happydays - Just the 3 of us!

#100happydays – Just the 3 of us!

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#100happydays Day 29 Poppies on Doane Road

#100happydays Day 29

Our morning run on Doane Road this morning took us by this vibrant stand of poppies growing in the ditch. They have been growing there for years, and each spring look just beautiful!

#100happydays Day 29 Doane Road 1 - Poppies

#100happydays Day 29 Vibrant poppies in the ditch.

Doane Road is our favorite road to run, we have logged a lot of miles on that road and have tons of memories. Sadly Doane will be upgraded to a 4 lane commuter road in the next few years and probably our poppies will be gone.

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