You can't go home again.
The high school reunion was so-so. As with most reunions, there just wasn't enough time.
I did have a great private mini-reunion with two classmates (one of whom is related to the adorable creature at right). That alone was worth the airline ticket.
Labels: travel family
half of them were teenagers
A few weeks ago, right after running the Torchlight 5k (which was fun but untimed, and muggy as heck, in the urban evening), I decided to run another 5k, just 3 days later. I'm glad I did, as my time was much better, even a PR (at least, a PR for me in my post high school days). My time was 24:31, with a 7:53 split, in Stillwater's Lumberjack Days 5k. My place was 59th for women, and 10th in my class (there were a
lot of teenagers running, which you can see in the results
here). Wahoo.
So, I am making progress toward my goal of getting a 7:30 split in a 5k race. The goal isn't arbitrary but is perhaps ill-founded: I never lettered in cross-country in high school because I couldn't break a 7:31 split (on a 3-mile course).
The next 5k? Probably be in September, though lately I've been thinking of shooting for a 10k, instead, just to see if I'm any better at longer distances. Maybe next summer's the time to plan on, for that.
Labels: running
geology lesson
I've just posted my City of Rocks photos
here.
The rock formations there were simply fascinating, but sadly we didn't find anything in the park that could explain the strange erosion patterns to us (was the erosion caused by water?) From Wikipedia today I learn that the rock formations in the area are granitic
batholiths. The strange pockets, as seen in the photo below on a route at Flaming Rock, are formed by a specific kind of erosion process called
exfoliation.
The edges of those pockets -thin, but still granite- were a lot more reassuring than our limestone jugs at Barn Bluff.
Labels: nature, rock climbing
