Buck rubs appearing

Running:
First I want to wish my friend Jerry the best on his scheduled 50k trail effort tomorrow morning. The weather has been awful for two days and will make the trail conditions less than optimal for his run. Last night I went to watch my daughter run at her last XC meet of the year. The coach decided not to run her in the varsity sectional tomorrow even though she has the teams 5th fastest time this year. So she ran in the JV race. I have not seen her time posted yet, but I know she finished 21st overall in the 16 school meet. There had to be 150 or more kids running in the terrible conditions. So she did well.

The last three days my running has been during my lunch break. On Wednesday I got outside for a 7.5 mile run in 1:01:55. The last two days it's done nothing but rain. I run outside in almost any weather, but cold drenching rain is one of the conditions I usually don't. I spent two days in a row inside on the treadmill. Both days I posted 5 miles in 40 minutes. Today I bumped up the incline a bit to change it up a little. I listened to my iPod today too, to help ease the boredom a bit. Anyway that brings me to within19.5 miles of my first earth lap. Likely I will make it on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of next week depending on if I get out for a run this weekend.

Hunting:
Since the last post I finished butchering the deer from last weekend. I really don't mind doing this if I have the time. I'm looking forward to getting out a bit this weekend bow hunting. I'll be out early in the morning if it's not still raining. Bow hunting in the rain can be done and can be productive but if you need to do any tracking of an animal it can be near impossible. For that reason I usually choose to not go. I will likely get out for an evening hunt on Saturday and again on Sunday morning. The rut should be starting soon, so things will start to get exciting in the woods. There has been signs of buck activity (rubs on the trees) showing up around the yard this past week.

Gardening:
With the short days, lots else going on, and the crappy weather gardening has gotten the short end this week for sure. Fishing buckets of leaves out of the pond every day has been about the extent of it.