Mother Goose!

Today's afternoon run was a great one.  Of course, I HAD to talk myself into going today.  It wasn't easy.  Matt is the best, though.  He kept telling me, GO!!!  You know you'll feel better once you're done.  Hate to say it, but he was right.  :)

I took a slightly different route today.  It was longer than my normal run.  4.3 miles.  There's a small section where I run through a little subdivision of townhouses where there's a small pond nearby.  Now normally I take in the sights and check out the scenery.  It's springtime, so the smells of flowers and blooms are in the air.  This area is particularly nice and off the main road, so it's more peaceful.

However today, as I came around the bend near the pond, I was watching the neighbor guy fixing his lawn mower.  Much to my surprise I didn't notice the mother goose close to the road.  I had my headphones on, so it didn't occur to me that she was there protecting her babies, until over my music I heard a loud HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Oh crap!  I nearly jumped out my Adidas.  The neighbor guy saw it, and we both laughed!  Sheesh!  And I usually worry about getting hit by cars.  Now I have to worry about wildlife. 

Either way, I'm glad I went.  My legs are starting to get sore, so I am thinking I need to begin the real training and figure out how to make the most of each run.  Icing the legs, wearing a watch the time my runs/pace and figuring out what's going to work for me to run longer distances.