The Hardest Run Yet
Sunday morning, Carrie and I met up bright and early for our 18 mile run adventure. It's been rather hot and humid lately and we wanted to get the run done before it got too unbearable. I lured Carrie to my house with the promise of Ward making us scones and having coffee ready when we arrived...and it worked. Carrie met me at my house and in a few short moments we were off. I had planned for Carrie and I to run a route in the more rural sections of Gardiner and Richmond, away from our beloved rail trail, mostly to add variety to our running and maybe a little challenge or two. However, less than a mile into the run, the deer flies were eating us alive (even after a pause to apply insect repellent) so we aborted the plan and just ran down to the rail trail. It was going to be an out and back, but we knew the route (very well) with the addition of running from my house and back to it - which did me...