Ijams and Forks of the River WMA

 

It didn't look like rain when we started, but a mile from the car the fluffy black death clouds rolled in. Made it all the way back home about 45 seconds before the storm hit. 

 

   

Case of the Mondays

 In training all day today and tomorrow, so bottled up the need to move till this evening. Met up with the man, the myth, and the legend James Saniger for a bike ride after training, then open gym with my bride, followed by an extended dog walk with Hope and Myers. 

 

Greenway, Jarvis Park, and College Woods

I've been making time to ride my bike just about every day this week. Last night I was keeping a decent cruising speed over 15mph, till I hit a couple of obstacles to slow me back down to 11. The water under Alcoa Highway didn't look so bad from a distance. I revised that opinion when it hit about knee deep. 

  

This morning Hope woke up early, and we didn't get along so well last night so we tried to hit reset and walk it off this morning. 

First was a walk around Jarvis Park for the first time. Only about .75 miles in trail so far, but it's a GEM. Great little walking spot 4 minutes from my door. 

After that, we hit up Maryville College Woods. I don't think I've really been on the trails there since I coached cross country. Things we mostly the same, except the orchards now have trees and are bearing fruit, and there's a big ol' beautiful track under construction!

  

  

 

Greenway Saturday

It wasn't a 5AM workout like the crazy folks do, but 7:45 was pretty good to me and home and dressed in time to go to a movie this afternoon. 

Pistol Creek was about ready to hit the greenway, too, but I was able to fit a two mile run the hills/walk the flats on the greenway between rain showers, then a 30 minute circuit in the gym, capped off with a mile of hill sprints. Disregard the short little peaks on repeats 5-6-7-8... I was a little warm so they were more dainty little jogs before coming back strong for 9 & 10. 

 

Spruce Flats Falls

 Sunday morning jaunt to Spruce Flats Falls with my lovely bride. Original plan was for Charlie's Bunion, but I've got some work to catch up on today so we made a quicker trip virtually in our back yard. Nice fine mist the whole way up and back. The trail was more crowded than I would have expected on a rainy Sunday morning, but lots of folks looking for fall color.