El Nino

Running:
I'm thinking tomorrow I will run in a 5K race out in Hartland. Last year I was first in my age group at this race. Normally I would have taken today off with a race coming up the next day, but since I've already had two days off this week I figured I would get out there and take my chances tomorrow. I really don't want to fall behind on the mileage buildup. Today I ran 5 miles but not my usual loop. I ran a couple of smaller loops that didn't take me over any hills to speak of. I ran a comfortable pace and did the 5 miles in 39.50. I did about 200 strides during a long flat stretch on the last mile.

Hunting:
Here's a video of the biggest racked deer I have ever seen. A guy at work forwarded this to me a couple months back.

Gardening:
Still no rain. All the channels last night and this morning were warning of severe weather and heavy rain today. All we got was a sprinkle this morning. Not even enough to get wet under the trees. Today absolutely nothing and it doesn't look like any tonight either. This has to be one of the most frustrating things about this hobby. I did see this on a local channel website:
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From online weather tmj4: It is becoming more and more likely that El Nino conditions will develop this summer and continue into this winter. This means that the waters in the Pacific Ocean near the equator are expected to be warmer than normal. When this happens, it can have an affect on the weather pattern across Wisconsin and around the world. Last winter, we had La Nina conditions. That is, cooler than normal waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The National Weather Service has determined that, since 1950, an El Nino winter followed a La Nina winter has occurred 6 times. The NWS did research to determine what type of weather Wisconsin experienced during those El Nino years. Here’s what they found: temperatures were colder than normal, especially in December; it was drier than normal, especially in the summer and again in November; and there was less snow than normal, especially in January and February.
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Dryer than normal especially in the summer. Yes it has been.