Looking at a race calendar last week I noticed that one of the local 5K races I usually run was coming up. The weather looked reasonable so Friday I decided to give it a try the next day. At first I considered taking the day off Friday, but with two days already off I went out for a fairly easy 4 miles in 31:52. Saturday morning I made my way to Oconomowoc to run the Yellow Brick Road 5K. Interesting that they had a local theater company there with all the Wizard of Oz characters. Something strange about Dorothy starting the race. I took off with a group of about 10 runners that I could see most of the first mile. There was a lead pack of about 3, a middle pack of another 3 or 4, and then a few people running with me. I passed the first mile mark at 6:15. This was a little fast for me. I was really sucking air so I backed off a bit. One guy went a little past me, but no one else did. I passed the second mile marker at 13:09 so much closer to where I should be and was feeling more comfortable. Right around here the middle group all had missed a turn. The turn was marked properly and easily viewable so I don’t know what happen to them. The guy just in front of me started that way too, but I wasn’t going to follow him. He asked me which way, and I said I’m following the signs not the people ahead of us. Good choice. Three miles in I was at 20:05, but no longer matched the markings on the course. The third mile had to have been marked incorrectly. I ended up with no one else passing me with a time of 21:36, but my Garmin read 3.25 instead of 3.10. I was pleased to be 5th overall and 1st in my age group. I would have been 8th or 9th had the runners ahead of me not gone off course. I think I would have still been 1st in my age group. If the course had been marked correctly I would have been solidly in the 20’s which is where I thought I would be. I still have some work to do to break 20 again. Sunday my legs were a little tight from the faster pace I think. I still managed to get out in the morning for 10.5 miles in 1:27:55. This marked my lowest weekly total of 40 miles in many weeks.
WTD 40
MTD 25
YTD 1190
ODO 26356
Hunting:
Ordered some special field corn seeds online from R.H. Shumway for the food plot. These seeds are supposed to have a shorter time to maturity than usual field corn and are produced for northern climates. I should have more than enough time to get them to maturity if I plant by next weekend. There appear to be lots of deer again in the neighborhood this summer. I saw several on my run Sunday, and the back field have many sets of prints in the bare dirt.
I see all of the seeds have started to germinate in the garden with all the moisture. Now with a little sun and temps that don’t get too warm everything should get off to a good start. I had to replant one row of potato’s that wasn’t coming up. Digging up some of the seed potato’s it looks like they rotted in the ground. About a month ago when I got them in it was pretty wet and I was a little worried. I don’t know why only one row was hit so hard though. Plenty of time to get a full crop in. Strawberries are coming in good right now. I’ve been able to pick several quarts every other day for a week now. Nothing better than home grown berries. Besides the usual lawn mowing and pond cleaning chores I got a few other things done this weekend. I also pruned some of the low hanging branches on my maple trees to lift the canopy a bit to let more light in. I was able to get the last of the annual plants in the ground, and even trimmed my 100 or so Christmas trees. Lot’s to do yet, but at least I feel caught up with the “have to do” stuff.
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