Hill repeats

Running:
Tuesday I got out during my lunch break and ran an easy 5 miles. Total time 39:51.
Today I was hoping to get out in the morning for some speed work. Because there was so much going on with school starting for the kids this just didn't happen. The timing was just off to devote 1.5 hours or so before I needed to head into work today. So I got out during my lunch break again, but chose to run some hill repeats instead of speed work today. I started off with a 1.8 mile warm up to the base of the hill in a local subdivision. This is a great hill for repeats. It's about .20 miles up at about a 30 to 40% grade. The .40 mile repeats take about 3:30 each. Almost the same time up as down. I ran 8 repeats today. Then finished the run with the rest of my 4 mile loop back to the office. Total distance 7.5 miles in 1:05:25. I think I'll do this workout once each the next couple weeks. I don't want to do it in the two weeks before the marathon. It's much to draining.

Hunting:
This morning I did get out with my clippers and cleared a bit of the brush from the deer trail that runs in the back of the property. I like to keep this clear of limbs, branches and small trees so the deer have free movement down the trail. The seeds in the food plot seem to have sprouted pretty well. I only see a few bare spots that may require over seeding in the next few days.

Gardening:
Tonight I picked quite a few pears and apples to have in the house to eat and put in lunches. The early apples were done a couple of weeks ago, now the later ripening varieties are starting to come in. I have 6 different varieties that will ripen between now and October.