So ... this morning was 2.0 hours on the lovely Stairmaster. Got through 3 1/2 more magazines, but my "to be read" pile is still significant. It's likely I'll be back on it tomorrow as I don't think a run will be in the cards tomorrow. Maybe a swim though.
This afternoon I picked up trash around Soldier's Field bike path. With the strong southerly winds, there was trash o'plenty.
I brought 3 big trash bags with me and that wasn't enough. I found two bags along the way and filled those too, but I still had to leave without getting everything picked up, which made me sad. But 5 bags was all I that I could handle by myself. In any case, it looks better than it did when I arrived.
After that it was out to Oxbow to join the hikers. A bunch of deer ran out of the woods and across the parking area just as we were getting started. I didn't get a good shot, but maybe Tom O' did.
Then it was time to get going ...
across the third bridge and into the woods.
As I mentioned previously, it was MUDDY. Footing would prove to be challenging.
Oxbow is pretty in any season ...
We stopped for a brief discussion about the best route to take to avoid the mud and a treacherous downhill slide.
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| Tom O', Tod, Aaron, Meg, Shelly, Ann, Wendy, Mike |
The sunset was BEAUTIFUL.
We certainly took a little bit of the park away with us on our shoes.
4 miles total. Then it was off to Margarito's to warm up and rehydrate.
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| Tom O', Ann, Mike |
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| Shelly, Wendy, Meg, Tod |
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| Mike's first margarita ... the second was a frozen strawberry mango : ) |
Team R.E.D. is tracking mileage and hoping to make it to the North Pole soon. So I've been emailing my mileage to Lori this week. I didn't know she was keeping track of individual mileage as well as total miles. She said I had 53.85 for last week. No wonder my legs were shot ...
That's it for today. Off to do more Christmas decorating.
Later.
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