Back in the saddle again

Sargent's been bugging me for a couple of weeks to post a blog. It seems he is sick of seeing himself all stretched out with Scout as the first thing that pops up when opening this blog. I guess I've been holding off because I'm not sure what you want to know.
After Brookings I took a week off of running. I was planning on doing a 10 mile race in Durango on May 23rd but my calves were still shot from being cramped for 15 miles. I just re-read that sentence...it sounds like a scene from a cattle drive in which things go terribly wrong and the baby cows have to be put out of their misery. Anyway, a hilly race just wasn't in the cards for that weekend. So Scout and I hung out while Sargent and his friends did some riding and racing.

Here are some great pictures from the weekend. The first one is of the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde. The others are of the sun setting behind the Collegiate Peaks just north of Salida near Buena Vista.

I've been doing some easy runs - from 3 to 8 miles with a couple of tempo runs worked in there this week and last. I hope to do the Rocky Mountain Half Marathon on June 8th. My goal for that race is just to see where I am fitness wise and hope my legs hold out and don't seize up. After that, I'll focus on training for the Skagit Flats Marathon in Burlington, WA on Sept. 7th.

One more picture for the album...this is my cousin Anne's new baby, Jessie. Isn't she just the cutest little peanut? She was only a couple of hours old in this picture. I have some of her with the proud new parents too but they might not want me to post them for all to see. Jessie won't object...at least not until she becomes a teenager.