Day 91 - Snake Jumping as an Alternative to Work

Got a break today. Looked like another tough day. But the three hour meeting I had on my schedule in the morning only lasted an hour and 15 minutes. When the call ended, instead of getting other productive work done, I grabbed my gym bag and headed for the locker room. I got out quickly into the sunny morning, with temperatures still in the 70s.

I started out on the single-track trail through the green space behind the office, and quickly noticed an abundance of lizards. Then I almost stepped on a 4-foot snake. I pulled up short and backed up, as I couldn't tell if it was a rattlesnake (common here) or not at first. Apparently I bothered it enough that it moved off the trail. In the next half-mile I had to leap over or dodge two more 2-3 foot common field snakes basking on the trail.

The next several miles I ran on mostly paved bike trails, and only had to jump over one more large garter snake that I saw well in advance. It was definitely a run that called for a Samuel L. Jackson comment. I'm not sure if it was just coincidence this morning, or if this was a good spring for snakes, but I'll be watching out over the coming weeks.

Anyway, other than watching for impromptu reptilian mini-hurdles, I had a great 7.5 mile run, and got back for my next meeting. And I can relax tonight without worrying about trying to squeeze in a run late in the evening again.

13 weeks down! Stats for the week:

Miles this week: 43.7
Total miles so far: 503.2
Average miles/day this week: 6.2
Average miles/day so far: 5.5
Longest run: 14.6 miles (still)
Time spent running this week: 6 hours 10 minutes
Total time running: 72 hours 22 minutes
Average time running/day: 48 minutes