Today begins a new blog feature that I'm calling Mondays on Notice. The name borrows a bit from Stephen Colbert's list of things that are on notice, which in his case includes Lutherans and bears. Obviously this means that Mondays are permanently on notice, but I think we can all agree to that. Each week I will be featuring something I would like to add to my list of those things on notice. Some of these will be running related, some will not. With that, my first Item on Notice:
Why? This past weekend we were traveling. Our travels involved an almost 2 hour long layover in Detroit, which was absolutely perfect. We had enough time to exit security and see these people. (Sorry for the photo quality. This was my first attempt to use pics from my phone and I haven't quite figured out how to make it all work yet.)
And a little of this.
Excessively short layovers.
Why? This past weekend we were traveling. Our travels involved an almost 2 hour long layover in Detroit, which was absolutely perfect. We had enough time to exit security and see these people. (Sorry for the photo quality. This was my first attempt to use pics from my phone and I haven't quite figured out how to make it all work yet.)
And it was fantastic. I got to squeeze my nieces, drink coffee with my SIL, catch up with my brother and Dad (who is there because Kdot broke her collar bone and cannot drive, pick up babies, etc. Ouch!), then mozy on back through security and back to our gate. None of which I could have done with an excessively short layover. Plus, really short layovers induce all sorts of anxiety about delays and missed connections. So there you have it, Excessively Short Layovers, I hereby put you on notice!
At the other end of our flight, I finally got in a run I've dreamed of for a very long time--mountains! While there was a heat index of 112 at home, I was soaking up 4 miles of this gorgeousness. I think I had forgotten what mountain running felt like. It works those hammies and I loved it! This was the view as I started out.
The trail is 2 miles long. I came across this at the back end, about 1 mile into the trail. So picturesque!
I did the whole trail twice for a total of 4 miles. It got really steep in a few places, so I wasn't that surprised to see that my pace was well over a minute per mile slower than usual. It was tough and just exactly what I'd hoped for.
5 comments:
I was thinking of your honeymoon story when I was reading about short layovers being put on notice. The thought of that site with suction cupping flip flops always makes me smile
What a beauty place to run!
That looks like an absolutely gorgeous place to run!
I had an extremely short layover in Minneapolis, but it wasn't my fault. I blame the airport because they made us sit on the plane for an hour after landing.
Beautiful pictures and I am sure a great place to run!!
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