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back to the lake

today was my first day of 2011 running on the lake.  it did have it's challenges, but it was oh so wonderful


-started out and saw sailboat lessons going round and round the harbor.  yea!
-then i quickly found i was in the middle of a race.  this i found rather annoying.  there were just lots of people and i was in the thick of it.  but soon enough they went off the path on their route and i had the normal amount of people.
-it started raining and the wind pumped up the power to blow directly in my face.  that part wasn't my favorite either.  but then i reached the halfway point and turned around.  the wind suddenly disappeared (it was pounding my back instead-much less noticeable).  the rain subsided for awhile before it came back again.


but even though there were a few annoyances it was awesomeeeeeeeee!


i mean i'm definitely out of shape, but i'm not worried about it at all.  it'll come.  
i just can't wait until the weather turns and i can run out there everyday!


happy 1st day of SPRING!

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