Today’s Run:  6 miles

Today’s run was one of those days where everything “clicks”.  We ran a new route this morning (new for me anyway) where we cross the “new highway” and take MacIntyre Road all the way to Artesia Road and come back.  It is pretty!  Trees canopy the road the majority of the way so it is nice and cool, it is primarily flat and only half of it is gravel.  Perfect!

The road grader had just made a pass of MacIntyre Road this morning so the road bed was wonderful.  This made for great times~so, I decided to try to break my PR (personal record) for the 6 mile distance we would be running today.  Bells and Whistles!  We made a new PR for 6 miles!  Now granted, that last mile we were really hustling it to make the PR, but we did it!  It felt great!

There is one place on the route that is a little confusing.  You round a bend in the road and come upon a set of rail road tracks.  No big deal.  But upon closer inspection, you notice the road signs:  Rail Road Sign, Stop Sign and Yield Sign?  Huh?  So, at 6:00 in the morning you are faced with a dilemma, do you stop or do you yield?  Decisions, decisions…Seeing as I do not see very well (a completely different discussion) we stop and then walk over the tracks.  I will definitely fall if we do not walk over those tracks~so problem solved!  Stop.