Post Buffalo running

Random truck I saw. I liked the name of this club...seems like a club I should belong to! I'm definitely a dirt doll!

OK, back to business. Running.

I want to keep up the basic training sked I'd gotten into so I can do more half marathons this year. But I admit, I wasn't ready to run last week until THURSDAY!

It was a flat run along the river.
6.38 miles, 1 hour, 9:28 average, 6:13 best, 670 calories burned.

Then Saturday, March 5, again along the river
7 miles, 1:16 hours, 10:53 average, 7:59 best, 735 calories burned.

BUT I did the last mile in the riverbed, which was super hard.

The camera in my phone isn't taking the best photos anymore, they're really dark and cloudy, when it was pretty nice this day. The weeds are coming up thick with all this rain. You can't make him out in this photo, but Boxcar is out there in the middle somewhere.
Chico Pete eyeing the lay of the land.


The "mighty"Kern River! Sigh. Well, maybe we'll have at least some of it back someday, if we keep fighting for it!


And then Sunday in the hills. It was gorgeous out, despite all the weather forecasts calling for rain.
I was admittedly slow, but the hills were HARD. I went up "towerline" instead of my usual "pistol" run and I forgot how long and steep that one gets.
Plus I had to stop for photos and puddle breaks for the dogs, and Boxcar wanted to chase after some cyclists....if I can think of any more excuses, I'll put those down later.

5.84 miles, 1:22 hours, 14:06 average, 5:28 best, 685 calories burned.

These little white flowers were every where and looked like fresh patches of snow on the green grass.

First hill. Look how steep it is!

Top of "mesa loop" I think.

Starting down "toads" gully.

And in "toads." It's hard to get a photo that conveys how fun toads is. It's about a mile long, all down hill in the bottom of this canyon that twists and turns for what seems like forever. You have to hit it really fast, which is where I'm sure I got the 5:28 pace. It's pretty treacherous when wet, though.