Finally back to running. I took an unplanned week off running up to Christmas; for no reason other than it's tough to get out running working 12-hour days with six hours of sleep. It was a busy time to get ready for vacation and Christmas stuff around here. But I got through and was really, really ready to stretch my legs down in Kansas. Sunny morning and cold, had to be in the twenties. There was snow on the ground but not deep, and Timm and I ran a really pretty rural trail behind my grandmother's house. They built a trail on top of a dike, you look down at housing developments on old wheat fields on one side, and a lazy frozen river on the other. And, since it's Kansas, you can see for miles at like 35' elevation. Real easy pace, just talking with Timm, maybe 8:30s. I left him for the last mile, picked up a bit just to get that pent up energy out of me. brooks cascadia -- 23
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