I've been hitting the trails to prepare for my upcoming race. I have a 5 - 6 mile loop that I always seem to make at least one wrong turn on and end up in a dead end. Tonight I finally got it all right and went for a second lap to up the mileage and get these legs closer to 26.2.
It's been quite enjoyable and seems to fly by as I'm constantly noticing new things on my path. Always lots of people with dogs and kids. In the past, I happened upon 2 kids spraying graffiti on the Meridian underbridge, a lonely turtle who seemed to be headed away from the river, and 2 female deer bounding around then stalking me through parts of the trail. Tonight barely 1 mile into the 10 mile trek, I witnessed 2 teenagers humping on one of the parks wooden bridges. Mind you, I have to cross said bridge to continue on my path, so I motor ahead until they noticed me. Their faces were priceless as I ran past 2 bare asses trying to pull their pants up as fast as they could with me acting like I noticed nothing.
My route takes me back by this bridge, so I was interested to see if they would be back finishing their... whatever. As I rounded back to the scene of the crime, there they were. This time walking hand in hand and still not making eye contact with me. Like an old prude, on my second lap back towards the nature center, I stopped in to let them know what I saw and that they might want to keep an eye on that spot. But seriously, lots of kids and families out there. They don't need to see that. Me on other hand, unfortunately burned into my memory for a while.
