First off, I am very excited that barring anything bad happening, I will reach my running goal for 2014 (1600 miles) during my long run on this Wednesday. \u00a0I’m pretty excited about this!<\/p>\n
Today, I ran 11 miles. \u00a0Tomorrow I am taking off as a rest day. \u00a0I have discovered that my long runs go better if I take the day before as a rest day. \u00a0I putter around the house, do my cleaning and all of that nonsense on my rest day and when Wednesday dawns, I am raring to hit the road and cover some serious miles.<\/p>\n
This Wednesday’s scheduled run is 19 miles. \u00a0I will try to get as close to 19 as I can. \u00a0It might be closer to 20 but who’s counting, right?<\/p>\n
This morning, I ran \u00a0the Schaeffer’s Chapel route 1.5 times. That came out to the 11 miles. \u00a0I plan on using this route for my long run on Wednesday. \u00a0That is why I said I will try to get it as close to 19 as I can. \u00a0It might go a little over but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.<\/p>\n
Enough of all of that. \u00a0Let’s talk about running buddies.<\/p>\n
When I run the Schaeffer’s Chapel route, there is a field where some cattle graze. \u00a0As a rule, these cows are pretty skittish but they have taken to running with me. \u00a0Go figure.<\/p>\n
Today, I decided to film them running along side of me. \u00a0I tried this a week ago and thought I would give it another shot.<\/p>\n
On my second pass of this field, the cattle had seen me and moved up close to the fencing. \u00a0As I got close to them, they began to run along side of me (inside the fence, thank you.) \u00a0I thought to myself, “Photo op!”<\/p>\n
I stopped running. \u00a0So did the cattle.<\/p>\n
I dug around in my SpiBelt and pulled out my phone. \u00a0I turned on the camera and figured out how to get it to do a video. \u00a0Meanwhile, those goofy cows were patiently waiting.<\/p>\n
Now, I am not the most tech savvy person. \u00a0This took a couple of minutes! \u00a0Of course, then I realized that I still had my Garmin running. \u00a0I took the time to shut off the Garmin while I finished fiddling with my phone. \u00a0All was ready! \u00a0Now, to get those cows to run again. \u00a0How in the world do you convince a herd of cattle to run!?!<\/p>\n
I looked at the cows, turned my Garmin back on and said, “Okay, guys. \u00a0Let’s go!” And off they ran! \u00a0I had my phone recording for just a little bit and we ran! ZOOM!!! Those cows were having a great time! \u00a0 \u00a0They ran until they reached the end of the field. \u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Silly cows!<\/p>\n