Day 3 7/14

7/14
8:30am
6mi

Greetings Everyone!
Today I decided to run 6 miles through some Lebanon countryside. My goal was to take some pictures of what I thought were some fun/great views. As I'm reading more in my book (Slow Burn by Stu Mittleman) Stu talks about how most time runners see in "tunnel vision." This was very true in my case.  There were lots of things I notice today on my run that have never seen before.  I've run this course more times than I can count, but today was really special.  I downloaded the pictures I took and made some comments on them.  Some of the hills were brutal, but I really concentrated on some rhythmic breathing and relaxing my hands and jaw.  The pictures below don't do what I see justice by any means, but still it's nice for me to share with you what I see on my run.

I smiled the whole time.

This was one of many fields I run by.  There's something very awesome about looking out and seeing all that space. 

 Just a cluster of bushes in someone's yard.  I hope they didnt look out the window to see me snapping shots of their yard and call the cops...

 Lots of farm land in Lebanon.

 This was a row of flowers I caught - it's longer than this picture indicates, but it was also really close to someone's house...so I didnt push my luck.

This is a jewish (I'm assuming) cemetery near my house.  Anyone translate?

You can kind of make the mountains out in the background.  For some reason, I wanted to paint this....I have no painting skills whatsoever.

This was half way through my run. Just a creek.

This was also half way through my run.  The picture does it no justice, but that was one big-ass hill....with several to follow.

So, there was a plane, but I couldnt see anything in the camera.  Plus I was trying to make sure I wasnt getting hit by cars.  I guess I missed the plane.  But I do see a face in the clouds...

Lots of corn. There's something awesome about running past all that corn.

My fellow runners will back me up on this one.  There's NOTHING more valuable than a porta-potty in the middle of nowhere.

 Big tree - and a truck coming...

 Apples.

Some lovely orchards.

 Does that tree stump NOT look like a boot?

 These guys seemed slightly irritated I was taking a picture of them.  I was trying to talk to them by mooing....Maybe I swore at them without realizing. Cows hate confrontations.

This was probably some trench dug for a sewer that was going into some 55+ community they're building near me.  I ran through it...because...why the hell not?

 This was the first pic I took.  It's my neighbors flowering bush - I have no idea what it's called, but I wanted to take a pic.

 This is actually something I do always notice running this course. This guy does this woodworking and always has stuff to sell.  I'm not sure I would buy it, but I have to admire it because I couldn't do it.

 Mo' corn.

 There's a nursery near my place and this is just a big-ass stone in the front.  I could lift it.

I know it's simple...but that's why I like it. See the mountains in the back?










I really do love this area - again these picture do not properly paint what I saw today.  I couldn't believe how quick it went as I approached my house after the 6 miles.  I think I ran it in about 50-55 min.  I really didnt keep track of that.

BTW - thanks for those of you reading these blog posts. I've gotten a lot of positive feedback which really make this worth doing. As I've stated I live in Lebanon, but if anyone wants to get together for a run either here to where you live, let me know.  I can find something to talk about and I'm always looking for new places to go. If you have any questions about the blog so far or the book I'm reading feel free to ask.  See you's tomorrow:)

Keep Runnin Ya'll!
Dustin